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The Library of African Cinema
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Films from Africa made by Africans offer restorative images and oftentimes a new film language. The unique 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 as well as about the issues facing the continent.
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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AFRO@DIGITAL
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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 DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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 and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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 DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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 Popenguine)
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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 DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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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FAAT KINE
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 121 minutes, Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
In Dakar, Senegal Faat Kine, an independent, single mother and successful business owner looks back over twenty years of triumphs and hardships -including the betrayals by men in her life. A dramatic tribute to the strength and resilience of African women by Ousmane Sembene, the father of African cinema. MORE... |
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FEMMES AUX YEUX OUVERTS
(Women with Open Eyes)
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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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LE GRAND BLANC DE LAMBARENE
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 93 minutes, Cameroon / France, 1995, in French with English subtitles |
A revisionist perspective on Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer rewrites the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized. MORE... |
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KARMEN GEI
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 82 minutes, Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
A retelling of the celebrated Carmen myth set in contemporary Senegal to African music and dance. MORE... |
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