Ancient Africans

A survey of early African civilizations. Imaginative maps by Philip Stapp set the scene for live photography of the ancient kingdoms of Kush, Axum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai and the dramatic stone ruins of Zimbabwe. The excit

Tusks

Roger Singh is an animal poacher with hate in his heart, and revenge on his mind. Embittered by a recent stint in prison, Singh returns to the forbidden ivory trade only to lock horns with new game warden and former frie

Ama

A golden floppy disk becomes a prophetic device through which a young Ghanaian girl living in England, Ama, rediscovers her African identity. She learns its contents at the office where her mother cleans. The disk, throu

Leviathan Cycle, Episode 7: Africana, Ken Bugul & Nemo

Episode 7 is intertidal, locating itself in and as mangrove, by speaking to interconnectedness and enmeshment. It constructs future oral histories by inviting real participants and asking them to image and imagine themse

Baobab: Portrait of a Tree

Looks at the baobab trees that grow in the dry bush country of Africa and shows the ecosystem created by them.

Adombe: la presencia africana en Puerto Rico

Documentary film about the history and influence of Africans in Puerto Rican society. In addition to still photographs, film clips and interviews, the film utilizes dramatizations of scenes from the life of the poet Luis

Razões Africanas

Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana

The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic Church. He comes back to Italy and he tries to get the help of the gove

Africans with Mainframes

LaJoye Watkins, a reclusive Black woman living in Brooklyn, is determined to tell a secret she has harbored all her life: electronic music was actually started by Black Southerners in the 1920s.

Guerreros de la sabana africana

Masai Mara, the traditional territory of the Masai tribe, divided between Kenya and Tanzania, is the setting for this documentary in which we approach a Manyata, a traditional Maasai dwelling to attend the ceremonies in

Footprints of Pan-Africanism

In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of what in 1960 became the Republic of Ghana, called on Africans fro

Amílcar Cabral: Coração Pan-Africano e Revolucionário

Documentary by Carlos Pronzato portraying the life, struggle, Marxist thinking, and Pan-Africanist legacy of Amílcar Cabral, leader of the liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. The work examines his revolutionary t

Chikwembo! Sortilégio Africano

River Dragons of Ndumo

To ancient Egyptians, crocodiles of the Nile were river gods. In modern times, a young female takes risks to mate with the biggest male in the group.

The Renegade

A white slaver impersonates the heir to an English estate, but the rightful heir reappears and exposes the imposter.

Fantasia Africana

Short found-footage film by Danilo Torre.

Dear Africans

Europe. Freedom, Peace and solidarity. For many years we have been spreading freedom, peace and wealth on the African continent. It is about time we explain this to the Africans with a nice image film.

Dolce Vita Africana

A documentary portrait of the African photographer Malick Sidibe, and a journey through Malian history inspired by his iconic images. Sidibe's snapshots from the late 50s through to the early 70s capture the carefree spi

Adwa

In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.

Africando - Martina & Betece (les clips)