African Movies

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life.

An experimental short that explores a surfer’s belief in Animism.

An introspective look at a young black man, Sammy, and how being pushed away from his passion leads to his breakdown. Cracked explores passion,...

Grace Wales Bonner's FW15 Collection as shown by V&A's Fashion In Motion, focused on the western interpretation of African and Black culture

The folkloric group "Nzale," founded in 1979 in Bangui, practices a traditional dance called "M'baka M'Bokou," which means "strength" and is a symbol...

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

In 2011, as tens of thousands of migrants, Loss, and Madess Moussa arrived in Europe via Turkey. Required by EU law to remain in Greece, they only...

An account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing...

Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the...

A woman on the run for murder finds a man who thinks of suicide and they spent the longest 24 hours of their lives in a studio photographic.

Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of...

Can you hear my screams of oppression?

In this gripping story, a young girl falls deeply in love with a man named Raymond, believing in his sincerity and good intentions. However, as their...

Follows the story of two young boys and their adventure through the streets of Africa.

In the equatorial forest of Congo Brazzaville and the Central African Republic pygmies live. Over-exploitation and waste of resources have had a...

A young woman imagines a digitally controlled transhuman life.

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his...

Out of Darkness is a full length three-part documentary by director Amadeuz Christ (Δ+), examining the untold history of African people, the...