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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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LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 94 minutes, 2000, 
Facilitator Guide Available |
| A documentary of South Africa's quest for restorative justice following four cases that come before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). MORE... |
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THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 52 minutes, South Africa, Mali, Morocco, 2009, In French and Arabic with English subtitles |
| Timbuktu was founded in the 11th century as a major city in the Mali Empire and its prominence as an advanced civilization lasted until the 18th century. Along with being a thriving trading and Islamic religious center, it also established great places of higher learning. These educational institutions generated scholarly texts which became known as the “Manuscripts of Timbuktu”. MORE... |
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MAPANTSULA
(Hustler)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 100 minutes, South Africa, 1988, in Afrikaans, English, Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles |
| Mapantsula was the first anti-apartheid feature film, for and about black South Africans. Filmed inside Soweto, it tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. MORE... |
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MONDAY'S GIRLS
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 50 minutes, United Kingdom / Nigeria, 1993 |
| The conflict between modern individualism and traditional society is seen through the eyes of two young Niger Delta women involved in a five-week long women's initiation ceremony. MORE... |
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MORTU NEGA
(Those Whom Death Refused)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 93 minutes, Guinea Bissau, 1988, in Criolo with English subtitles |
| This fictional account of the closing months of the war against the Portuguese and the consolidation of the independent West African nation of Guinea-Bissau both reflects and critiques the revolutionary process. MORE... |
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NABANTWA BAM'
(WITH MY CHILDREN)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 41 minutes, South Africa, 2004, In English and Zulu with English subtitles |
| Two brothers live with their successful and ambitious mother, a market researcher, in a comfortable, middle class Soweto home. Nhlanhla came of age during the very repressive and discriminatory last decade of apartheid. His younger brother Miles, who attended a previously all white high school, is now a promising computer programmer at Microsoft. This fascinating documentary provides a case study of the emergence of social classes - even within the same family. MORE... |
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PIECES D'IDENTITES
(Pieces of Identity)
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DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal and and 35mm, 93 minutes, Congo / Belgium, 1998, in French with English subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| The fable of an old African king and his wayward daughter is updated to present day Brussels to make provocative points about racism, tradition, class struggle, cultural identity and corruption. MORE... |
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QUAND LES ETOILES RENCONTRENT LA MER
(When the Stars Meet the Sea)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 85 minutes, Madagascar, 1996, in French and Malagasy with English subtitles |
| A poetic exploration of traditional and modern concepts of freedom is set in the landscape of Madagascar. MORE... |
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REAL STORIES FROM A FREE SOUTH
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 5 video series, South Africa, 2004, In Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Zulu with English subtitles |
| 5 videos about life in South Africa 10 years after the end of apartheid. MORE... |
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SANGO MALO
(The Village Teacher)
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| DVD and DVD + 3-Year Site/Local Streaming and Three-Year Site/Local Streaming Renewal, 94 minutes, Cameroon, 1991, in French with English subtitles |
| A story about a village teacher who introduces education for local self-development explores the relationships between progressive activists, entrenched social interests, traditional belief system and rural Africans. MORE... |
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