African Movies

Thursday 27th of October 2016 – Teatro Espace, Turin. Mulatu Astatke is a musician, composer, arranger and Ethiopia’s cultural...

An experimental short that explores a surfer’s belief in Animism.

A teacher turns to a dubious man to raise money for her daughter's life saving surgery, a crisis that is unexpectedly catapulted to a national stage

Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of...

A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian...

The film deals with the judgment of the so-called "compromised", who integrated the colonial apparatus. At Josina Machel school, in an amphitheater...

A Wildlife Safari through Africa.

A teenager discovers his sexuality in a society where he is best to keep such findings secret.

ADRIFT- People of a Lesser God is the story of an incredible odyssey made by several-times Pulitzer Prize-nominated undercover reporter Dominique C....

In this gripping story, a young girl falls deeply in love with a man named Raymond, believing in his sincerity and good intentions. However, as their...

Can you hear my screams of oppression?

Ire loses his innocence in the most brutal way.

As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as...

Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city.

The story takes place in Equatorial Guinea, where Mr. Cuchillas leads a mafia gang that takes care of dirty business. Even a shoe shine will come to...

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

An educational documentary spanning two continents, opening up a much-needed debate about traditional African spiritual systems; their cosmologies,...

An account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing...