By Title
We view film as a medium for artistic expression and illumination. These films were chosen on the basis of their quality as film and their ability to captivate and move audiences. We also chose them because they represent different countries and cultures and a range of lifestyles from pre-colonial to modern times, including both rural and urban settings. Although it is impossible to represent a whole continent with only a few films, it is our hope that through this annual film series we will encourage American viewers to become interested in African cultures and to study them further.
- A SCREAMING MAN (Chad)
- 2010, 92 min., directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- AFRONAUTS, THE (Ghana, USA)
- 2014, 14 min., directed by Frances Bodomo
- AISSA’S STORY (Nigeria, USA)
- 2013, 15 min., directed by Iquo B. Essien
- B FOR BOY (Nigeria)
- 2013, 118 min., directed by Chika Anadu
- BAB EL-OUED CITY (Algeria)
- 1994, 93 min., directed by Merzak Allouache
- BEAUTIFUL GAME, THE (UK, USA)
- 2012, 84 min., directed by Victor Buhler
- BELEH (Cameroon)
- 2013, 26 min., directed by Eka Christa Assam
- BOUND: AFRICANS VERSUS AFRICAN AMERICANS (Kenya, USA)
- 2014, 90 min., directed by Peres Owino
- CAMP AT THIAROYE, THE (Senegal)
- 1987, 152 min., directed by Ousmane Sembène and Thierno Faty Sow
- CONFUSION NA WA (Nigeria)
- 2013, 105 min., directed by Kenneth Gyang
- DIFRET (Ethiopia, USA)
- 2014, 99 min., directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
- ELECTRO CHAABI (Egypt)
- 2013, 77 min., directed by Hind Meddeb
- FELIX (South Africa)
- 2013, 97 min., directed by Roberta Durrant
- FIEVRES / FEVERS (Morocco)
- 2013, 89 min., directed by Hicham Ayouch
- FINDING FELA (Nigeria, USA)
- 2014, 120 min., directed by Alex Gibney
- FORGOTTEN KINGDOM, THE (Lesotho, South Africa)
- 2013, 97 min., directed by Andrew Mudge
- HALF OF A YELLOW SUN (Nigeria)
- 2014, 111 min., directed by Biyi Bandele
- HORSES OF GOD (Belgium, France, Morocco)
- 2012, 115 min., directed by Nabil Ayouch
- HYENAS (Senegal)
- 1992, 113 min., directed by Djibril Diop Mambety
- KWAKU ANANSE (Ghana, Mexico)
- 2013, 26 min., directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu
- LA VIE EST BELLE / LIFE IS ROSY (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- 1987, 85 min., directed by Mweze Ngangura and Benoit Lamy
- LESSONS OF BASKETBALL AND WAR (USA)
- 2014, 60 min., directed by Ron Bourke
- LIVING IN BONDAGE, PART I (Nigeria)
- 1992, 162 min., directed by Chris Obi Rapu
- OF GOOD REPORT (South Africa)
- 2013, 101 min., directed by Jahmil X. T. Qubeka
- OSUOFIA IN LONDON, PART I (Nigeria)
- 2003, 105 min., directed by Kingsley Ogoro
- ROOFTOPS, THE (Algeria)
- 2013, 91 min., directed by Merzak Allouache
- SANKOFA (Ghana, Jamaica, USA)
- 1993, 125 min., directed by Haile Gerima
- SARRAOUNIA – THE WARRIOR QUEEN (Mauritania)
- 1986, 120 min., directed by Med Hondo
- SILENCES OF THE PALACE, THE (Tunisia)
- 1994, 127 min., directed by Moufida Tlatli
- SOKO SONKO / THE MARKET KING (Kenya, USA)
- 2014, 22 min., directed by Ekwa Msangi
- TILAI / THE LAW (Burkina Faso)
- 1990, 81 min., directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo
- TSOTSI (South Africa)
- 2005, 94 min., directed by Gavin Hood
- UNDER THE STARRY SKY (Senegal)
- 2013, 86 min., directed by Dyana Gaye
- WOODEN HAND (France, Tunisia)
- 2013, 23 min., directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
- WORDS FROM A SILENCE (Mali, USA)
- 2014, 6 min., directed by Penda Diakité
- YEELEN / BRIGHTNESS (Mali)
- 1987, 105 min., directed by Souleymane Cissé
- “Nollywood for Beginners” Symposium (Nigeria)
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