Africa Movies

As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys...

The film follows the rugby season of Uitenhage prop forward Zama Takayi - who plays for Progress Rugby club, the club that amalgamated the black...

Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.

An Africa herdsman enlists magic to keep a hungry leopard away from his sleeping flock.

This video research is based on a trip to Morocco in July 2005, during which the director documented irregular migration transiting through Morocco,...

A partnership between the Government of Mali and an American agricultural investor may see 200-square kilometers of Malian land transformed into a...

A study of the behavior of monkeys in the African jungle.

Guangzhou, a.k.a. Canton, is southern China’s centuries-old trading port. Today the booming metropolis of 14 million is a mecca of mass...

Ibogaine is a plant extract that stops drug addiction. In this documentary, a 34-year-old heroin addict undergoes ibogaine therapy with Dr Martin...

"All Equal!" is an evocative animated film that unfolds around a village fire where a grandfather narrates the poignant tale of his ancestors and...

4 young strangers, all war refugees, unite to take on the challenge of summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, one of the seven summits and the highest peak in...

It is not easy to be an albino in Tanzania. White skin is distinguishable and it burns quickly under the African sun. However, the constant fear is...

A musical trip through southern Africa to the tunes of the post-apartheid generation. Kwaito music originated in the 1950's in the dusty streets of...

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Five Kiwis take on a paragliding adventure in Tanzania, with the ultimate aim to fly from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro.

A cutting edge voice in comedy, Kenyan-British comic McGrath offers acerbic takes on living in a white neighborhood, the British Empire, and more.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Peter Westerveld, artist and visionary, doesn’t want institutions to resolve the problems linked to earth’s problems. Growing up in...