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Films from Africa made by Africans offer restorative images and a new film language. The beautiful and sometimes challenging films in this collection not only showcase the works of master filmmakers but also innovative new talents who are embracing video technology. To see Africa through African eyes will break stereotypes and enlighten viewers about life in Africa.
Articles to help you view and teach African cinema written by African filmmakers and scholars are also available.
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| Francophone African Films |
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AFRICA DREAMING
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| DVD, 104 minutes, 4 titles, 26 minutes each on 1 cassette, South Africa / Mozambique / Namibia / Senegal / Tunisia, 1997, in Arabic, French, Nama, Portuguese and Wolof with English subtitles |
| An anthology of four dramatic shorts that explore the theme of love in Africa. MORE... |
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AFRO@DIGITAL
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| DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 52 minutes, Congo / France, 2003, in English, French, Jula and Yoruba with English subtitles |
| Afro@Digital looks at the impact of various digital technologies across a broad swath of present-day African life and asks how the technology is affecting African culture and how it can best serve the interests of Africa and the global South. MORE... |
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AINSI MEURENT LES ANGES
(And So Angels Die)
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| DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 56 minutes, Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| An experimental narrative about a Senegalese poet confronting the crosscultural and psychological pressures of being at home neither in Europe nor in Africa. MORE... |
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ALLAH TANTOU
(God's Will)
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| DVD, 62 minutes, France / Guinea, 1991, in French with English subtitles |
| Old home movies, newsreels and a prison diary are interwoven to link personal and public history in this assessment of human rights abuses in Guinea-Conakry. MORE... |
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ARLIT: DEUXIEME PARIS
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| DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 75 minutes, Niger/France, 2004, In French, Bariba, Hausa and Tamashek with English subtitles |
| Arlit: Deuxieme Paris is a case study in environmental racism set in a uranium mining town in the Sahara desert of Niger. Here European corporations extract nuclear power and profits leaving behind disease, contamination and unemployment. MORE... |
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CA TWISTE A POPONGUINE
(Rocking Poponguine)
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| DVD, 90 minutes, Senegal, 1993, in French with English subtitles |
| A coming of age story set in a Senegalese fishing village about rival teenaged cliques living out their dreams against a backdrop of disillusioned adults. MORE... |
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DAKAN
(Destiny)
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| DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 87 minutes, Guinea, 1997, in French and Mandikan with English subtitles |
| The first feature film on homosexuality from sub-Saharan Africa. MORE... |
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DOLE
(Money)
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| DVD and and 35mm, 80 minutes, Gabon, 2001, in French with English subtitles |
| A dramatic look at city life, rap, High school, delinquency and dysfunctional families as experienced by African youth and in Gabon. MORE... |
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FAAT KINE
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| DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License and and 35mm, 121 minutes, Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| Ousmane Sembene, the father of African cinema, examines the interplay of gender, economics and power in the fictional life story of businesswoman Faat Kine. MORE... |
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FEMMES AUX YEUX OUVERTS
(Women with Open Eyes)
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| DVD, 52 minutes, Togo, 1994, in French with English subtitles |
| Women in four African countries are shown organizing around issues of marital rights, reproductive health, female genital mutilation and entrepreneurship. MORE... |
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