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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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| All Library of African Cinema Titles |
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STATE OF DENIAL
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 83 minutes, South Africa / USA, 2003,  , in English, Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles |
| South Africa is the country with the highest number of HIV+ people in the world. State of Denial puts a human face on the millions affected by introducing us to six South Africans involved with the AIDS epidemic. It shows how they must fight not only the disease but the greed of the drug cartels and the incomprehensible inactivity of their own government in order to get treatment. MORE... |
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TAAFE FANGA
(Skirt Power)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 95 minutes, Mali, 1997, in Bambara and Kaado with English subtitles |
| A gender-bending farce set among the cliff-dwelling 18th century Dogon people, makes serious points about the status of women in Africa. It shows how ancient mythology can still shed light on modern issues. MORE... |
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TABLEAU FERRAILLE
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 85 minutes, Senegal, 1997, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| The story of an idealistic young politician's rise and fall in a small town, Tableau Ferraille ("scrap heap") paints a picture of a corrupt post-colonial elite. MORE... |
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THESE HANDS
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 45 minutes, Tanzania, 1992, in Kimakonde and Swahili with English subtitles |
| Without plot or narration, this mesmerizing documentary records the dehumanizing monotony of a day in the life of women chipping rocks by hand in a Tanzanian quarry while discovering the communal warmth and joy that defies this spirit-breaking labor. MORE... |
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THIS IS NOLLYWOOD
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 56 minutes, Nigeria, 2007 |
| The story of Nigeria's home grown film industry, which is gaining recognition as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon. MORE... |
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THOMAS SANKARA: THE UPRIGHT MAN
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 52 minutes, France, 2006, In French with English subtitles |
| Thomas Sankara rose to power in Burkina Faso in a popularly supported coup in 1983. To symbolize this rebirth, he renamed his country from the French colonial Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, "Land of Upright Men" and launched the most ambitious program for social and economic change ever attempted on the African continent. MORE... |
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THUNDERBOLT
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 110 minutes, Nigeria, 2000 |
| A story from the burgeoning video industry of Nigeria combines melodrama and issues of ethnicity, gender, culture and identity in post-colonial Africa. MORE... |
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UDJU AZUL DI YONTA
(The Blue Eyes of Yonta)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 90 minutes, Guinea-Bissau, 1991, in Criolo with English subtitles |
| Four characters struggle with the disillusionment of the revolutionary generation in post-independence Guinea-Bissau. MORE... |
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LA VIE EST BELLE
(Life is Rosy)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 85 minutes, Congo / Belgium, 1987, in French with English subtitles |
| Soukous music legend, Papa Wemba, stars in the rags to riches story of a poor country musician who seeks fame in the vibrant music industry of Kinshasa. MORE... |
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WEND KUUNI
(God's Gift)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 70 minutes, Burkina Faso, 1982, in Moré with English subtitles |
| This retelling of an ancient fable about a mute, memory-less orphan, renamed "God's Gift" by the grateful village which adopts him demonstrates the continuing relevance of traditional African values such as hospitality and communal child rearing. MORE... |
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