Africa Movies

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and...

Jana’s magical journey to Africa contains a deep message about friendship, love, passion, nature and imagination. It is a spiritual journey for...

In the heart of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, the waters of Lake Urema explode with the thrashing of a giant crocodile tail. Gorongosa was...

An American anthropologist and his son benefit from their experiences with an East African tribe.

Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has...

John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit.

The tumultuous life of Arthur Rimbaud, the cursed poet, who completed his masterwork at the age of twenty, became an arms dealer and died at...

A hunter stalks a killer elephant.

A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.

In Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann found herself on the frontline of the battle to save these wanted animals after unexpectedly becoming a...

In full marital crisis, Fiorenza, young Roman bourgeois, must travel to Eritrea to her dying father, former colonizer who made his fortune there. On...

Paul, a mercenary in Africa, decides that he can no longer work for the Organization because of their brutal tactics. But the evil Organization...

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

Four women meet at Dar Joued on the eve of Independence. With different ages and social conditions, they are condemned to live together under the...

A couple sets up an African game preserve, only to have British and Italian armies fight over the waterholes.

Hans Schomburgk reflects on his life as a researcher. He recounts experiences, adventures, and insights he has gathered over the course of 60 years...

José is a football agent who goes to Ivory Coast to spot young talents in football. He is a braggart , who willingly sleeps with Gigi , a...

1965, Bob Denard, even early in his career, Battle in Congo. It strives to make its game in the middle of a bloody civil war fueled by rivalry and...

In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life.