Africa Movies

An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushmen) to hunt a giraffe in the Kalahari Desert of Na...

In the North African desert at the height of WWII, an SAS raiding squad led by Lt. David Walker and Sgt. Daniel Thomas capture an Afrika Korps soldier...

The story of Kenyan athlete David Rudisha, the greatest 800m runner the world has ever seen, and his unusual coach, the Irish Catholic missionary Brot...

Joseph, a dreamer addicted to gambling, believes it's his path to riches. His obsession strains his marriage to Akunna and puts their daughter's educa...

A filmmaker witnesses an act of racist police violence in Paris. He discusses with a friend whether and how he should make a film out of this.

"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festiv...

As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two chi...

In Kouroussa, his native village, little Baba lives happily, between Madou, his father, a gifted mechanic, Kouda, his sweet mother, and his gang of pa...

Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.

The made-for-cable documentary film The Real Eve is predicated on the theory that the human race can be traced to a common ancestor. The mitochondrial...

Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet: Around two million wildebeest, Burchell's zebra...

This documentary of repressive political realities in Cameroon begins with the 1990 publication of an open letter to President Biya calling for a nati...

Once a little African boy got a letter. In the letter he found a snowflake made of paper.

A look at the rampant HIV epidemic rate in Swaziland.

A humorous documentary about a historic hunt in 1929 through the African savannah and Indian jungle with lots of animal footage.

Documentary on the beginnings of Algerian independence filmed during the summer of 1962 in Algiers. The film was banned in France and Algeria but won...

Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they'v...