Movies

Petite Lumiére

by Alain Gomis Dakar in Senegal. Fatima is a young girl, she's 8. She wonders while she opens the fridge if light stays on once the...

Touki-Bouki

by Djibril Diop Mambety Mory, a cowherd who drives a motorcycle mounted with a bull-horned skull, and Anta, a student, meet in Dakar....

Human Being

by Ibrahim Shaddad Sudanese filmmaker Ibrahim Shaddad provides a dramatic and powerful account of the trials and tribulations of a...

The Season of Men

by Moufida Tlatli The Season of Men is the second feature film by Moufida Tlatli, one of the most important woman filmmakers in the Arab...

A Deusa Negra

by Ola Balogun A fascinating epic centering on one nobleman's search to learn about his heritage after a deathbed promise. Spanning 2...

Toula ou Le génie des eaux

by Moustapha Alassane The gods have cursed the country with a drought. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king demands...

L'Exile

by Oumarou Ganda Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets of his kingdom to...

Waiting for Happiness

by Abderrahmane Sissako Before immigrating to the West, Abdallah (Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed) travels to the coastal city of...

Bamako

by Abderrahmane Sissako Her marriage on the rocks, cabaret singer Mele (Aïssa Maïga) returns home after a degrading night of work and...

LES TAM-TAMS SE SONT TUS

by Philippe Mory Abraham is a young sculptor who does not quite understand the changing world in which he lives. During a visit to the...

Buud Yam

by Gaston Kaboré The film continues the story of the young Wênd Kûuni who sets out to find a legendary healer who has the secret of the...

Keita! L'héritage Du Griot

by Dani Kouyaté Keïta follows Mabo Keïta (Dicko), A 13-year-old boy who lives in a bourgeois family in Ouagadougou and attends a good...

Rachida

by Yamina Bachir During the black decade, Rachida, a young schoolteacher from Algiers, was violently attacked by a band of terrorists,...

Moi, un noir

by Jean Rouch The film depicts young Nigerien immigrants who left their country to find work in the Ivory Coast, in the Treichville...

Borom Sarret

by Ousmane Sembène, "Borom Sarret" is a 1963 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It tells the story of a poor cart driver in...

BUUD YAM- Gaston Kaboré

Buud Yam is a 1997 Burkinabé historical drama film written and directed by Gaston Kaboré. It is the sequel to the film Wend Kuuni. As of...