|
|
 |
|
|
|
| The Library of African Cinema
|
|
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. |
| |
|
|
| Gender and Women's Studies |
23 Titles |
Page:
1
,
2
,
3
|
|
|
|
|
AFRICA DREAMING
|
|
|
|
|
| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 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... |
|
|
AINSI MEURENT LES ANGES
(And So Angels Die)
|
|
|
|
|
| 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... |
|
|
BELONGING
|
|
|
|
|
| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 52 minutes, South Africa, 2004, In English and Zulu with English subtitles |
| Born into exile in Britain as the daughter of political emigres, Kethiwe Ngcobo and her family returned to South Africa in 1994. She struggles to find her place in the new South Africa. In her quest for identity, this hip young woman decides to embrace Zulu traditions by going through an initiation ritual - one rejected by her older sister as meaningless. MORE... |
|
|
CINDERELLA OF THE CAPE FLATS
|
|
|
|
|
| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 58 minutes, South Africa, 2004, In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles |
| Poorly paid garment workers in the Coloured townships around Cape Town have for years made clothes so that other women could dress up. But each year, after working for weeks on glamorous dresses, one woman among them will be crowned in the Annual Spring Queen pageant. MORE... |
|
|
DAKAN
(Destiny)
|
|
|
|
|
| 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... |
|
|
EVERYONE'S CHILD
|
|
|
|
|
| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 90 minutes, Zimbabwe, 1996 |
| A feature film examining the plight of Africa's 10,000,000 children orphaned by AIDS. MORE... |
|
|
FAAT KINE
|
|
|
|
|
| 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... |
|
|
FATHERS
|
|
|
|
|
| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 78 minutes, 3 titles on 1 cassette, Tanzania / Nigeria / Ethiopia, 2000, in Amharic, English and Swahili with English subtitles |
| Three dramatic shorts from Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia take a critical look at the relationship between fathers and their children in contemporary Africa. MORE... |
|
|
FEMMES AUX YEUX OUVERTS
(Women with Open Eyes)
|
|
|
|
|
| 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... |
|
|
FINZAN
(A Dance for the Heroes)
|
|
|
|
|
| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 107 minutes, Mali, 1990, in Bambara with English subtitles |
| Cheick Oumar Sissoko explores the status of African women in two interlocking stories of traditional village society. MORE... |
|
|
|
