Africa Movies

Biniam Girmay’s recent successes have shown that African cycling is on the up, ready at last to follow athletics and football into the big...

Machanic Manyeruke is the founder of gospel music in Zimbabwe—though, his influence reaches far beyond the borders of his African country....

A glimpse of life as seen through young people at a Zimbabwean children's home.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white...

Travelogue released on December 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Documentary on Mozambican music, and the role it played in the country's rediscovering its national identity after centuries of colonial rule.

"Tubabs" is a nickname for foreigners, especially white ones, in the West African country of Gambia. In this documentary filmed by Mary Flannery, a...

When four jazz musicians—trumpeter Serge Adam, pianist Benoît Delbecq, bassist Francky Mwele, and drummer Emile Biayenda—prepare...

Through the story of a mason in Djenne, Komusa Tenapo, and his family, this documentary examines an African tradition of mud architecture in Mali....

This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others...

A conversation between an older, HIV positive woman and her niece. The women talk about what it means to be a woman, mother, elderly and HIV positive...

This 1944 black and white silent film provides brief glimpses of the lifestyle among Kenya's white/European settlers during the Second World War.

Travelogue released in April of 1921. Written & produced by Burton Holmes.

Rwanda was once a country of peace, beauty and fabulous wildlife. Romain Baertsoen arrived there in 1966 and started to film two of Rwanda's secrets,...

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Cinés d'Afrique, a documentary structured like a magazine program, aims to provide an overview of the state of African cinema by exploring...

A portrait of the mythical band Bembeya Jazz, which contributed to the heyday of Sekou Touré’s cultural revolution in Guinea. Created in...

A race is on to save Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park and the silverback gorillas that call it home. Once, this area was protected by a...

A look at the rampant HIV epidemic rate in Swaziland.