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The Library of African Cinema |
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| Films from
Africa made by Africans offer restorative images and a new film
language. The beautiful and challenging films in this collection
showcase the works of not only master filmmakers but also innovative
new talents who are embracing video technology. To see Africa thought
African eyes radically enlightens viewers about the complex reality of
today𠏋 Africa |
| All Library of African Cinema Titles |
70 Titles |
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AFRICA
DREAMING
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| VHS only, 104 minutes, 4
titles, 26 minutes each on 1 cassette, South Africa / Mozambique /
Namibia / Senegal / Tunisia, 1997, in Arabic, French, Nama,
Portuguese and Wolof with English subtitles |
| An anthology of four dramatic shorts that
explore the theme of love in Africa. MORE... |
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AFRIQUE,
JE TE PLUMERAI
(Africa, I Will Fleece You) |
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| VHS only, 88 minutes,
Cameroon, 1992, in French with English subtitles |
| Cameroon, the only African country colonized
by three European powers, is the focus of a carefully researched
overview documenting cultural genocide in Africa. MORE... |
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AFRO@DIGITAL
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| VHS only, 52 minutes,
Congo / France, 2003, in English, French, Jula and Yoruba with
English subtitles |
| Will the internet and cell phones allow Africa
to leapfrog into the digtial age and accelarate the development
process? How is digital technology affecting African life and
culture and how can it best serve the interests of Africa and the
global South? MORE... |
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AIME
CESAIRE: UNE VOIX POUR L'HISTOIRE
(Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History) |
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| VHS only, 3 cassettes -
50 minutes each, Martinique, 1994, in French with English
subtitles |
| This biography of the celebrated poet and
statesman who coined the term negritude and helped launch a
literary movement places Césaire in the larger context of African
Diaspora literature. MORE... |
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AINSI
MEURENT LES ANGES
(And So Angels Die) |
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| VHS only, 56 minutes,
Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| An experimental narrative about a Senegalese
poet confronting the crosscultural and psychological pressures of
being at home neither in Europe nor in Africa. MORE... |
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ALLAH
TANTOU
(God's Will) |
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| VHS only, 62 minutes,
France / Guinea, 1991, in French with English subtitles |
| Old home movies, newsreels and a prison diary
are interwoven to link personal and public history in this
assessment of human rights abuses in Guinea-Conakry. MORE... |
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ANGANO...ANGANO...TALES
FROM MADAGASCAR
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| VHS only, 64 minutes,
Madagascar, 1989, in Malagasy with English subtitles |
| Storytellers recount the founding myths of
Malagasy culture and place storytelling into its social and
geographical context. MORE... |
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LE
BOUILLON D'AWARA
(Awara Soup) |
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| VHS only, 71 minutes,
France, 1995, in French, French Creole, Hmong,
Javanese,
Portuguese and Taki-Taki with English subtitles |
| A study of Mana, a village in the backcountry
of French Guyana, South America where 1500 people speak 13
different languages and live together in remarkable harmony. Awara
Soup examines "creolization" not just an historical artifact but a
dynamic, on-going process, encompassing more and more of the
world's people. MORE... |
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BYE, BYE
AFRICA
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| VHS only, 86 minutes,
Chad, 1999, in Arabic and French with English subtitles |
| The first feature film from Chad uses
documentary technique to structure a film within a film about the
difficulties of film production in Africa. MORE... |
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CA TWISTE
A POPONGUINE
(Rocking Poponguine) |
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| VHS only, 90 minutes,
Senegal, 1993, in French with English subtitles |
| A coming of age story set in a Senegalese
fishing village about rival teenaged cliques living out their
dreams against a backdrop of disillusioned adults. MORE... |
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CHEF! and
LA TETE DANS LES NUAGES
(Chief! and Head in the Clouds) |
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| VHS and 16mm, 98 minutes,
2 titles on 1 cassette, Cameroon, 1999 and 1994, in French with
English subtitles |
| These two documentaries ponder democratic
development in Africa. Chef! locates the roots of Africa's
authoritatrian regimes in the patriarchal family, reinforced by
traditional kingship and the colonial experience. La t皻e dans les
nuages examines the informal economy. MORE... |
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CLANDO
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| VHS and 35mm, 95 minutes,
Cameroon, 1996, in French with English subtitles |
| The first feature film by director Jean-Marie
Teno wrestles with the dilemma of Africans who seek their fortunes
abroad versus fighting the autocratic regimes at home. MORE... |
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DAKAN
(Destiny) |
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| VHS only, 87 minutes,
Guinea, 1997, in French and Mandikan with English subtitles |
| The first feature film on homosexuality from
sub-Saharan Africa. MORE... |
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DARESALAM
(Let There Be Peace) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 105
minutes, Chad, 2000, in Arabic and French with English subtitles |
| The first feature film on civil war in
modern-day Chad puts a human face on the cycle of violence that
engulfs many African countries. MORE... |
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DIVINE
CARCASSE
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| VHS only, 59 minutes,
Belgium / Benin, 1998, in Fon, French and Yoruba with English
subtitles |
| A part fictional, part ethnographic film shows
the literal metamorphosis of an imported car into a revered fetish
of the coastal people of Benin. MORE... |
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DOLE
(Money) |
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| VHS only, 80 minutes,
Gabon, 2001, in French with English subtitles |
| A dramatic look at city life, rap, High
school, delinquency and dysfunctional families as experienced by
African youth and in Gabon. MORE... |
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EVERYONE'S CHILD
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| VHS and 35mm, 90 minutes,
Zimbabwe, 1996 |
| A feature film examining the plight of
Africa's 10,000,000 children orphaned by AIDS. MORE... |
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FAAT KINE
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| VHS and 35mm, 110
minutes, Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| Ousmane Sembene, the father of African cinema,
examines the interplay of gender, economics and power in the
fictional life story of businesswoman Faat Kine. MORE... |
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FATHERS
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| VHS only, 78 minutes, 3
titles on 1 cassette, Tanzania / Nigeria / Ethiopia, 2000, in
Amharic, English and Swahili with English subtitles |
| Three dramatic shorts from Tanzania, Nigeria
and Ethiopia take a critical look at the relationship between
fathers and their children in contemporary Africa. MORE... |
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FEMMES
AUX YEUX OUVERTS
(Women with Open Eyes) |
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| VHS only, 52 minutes,
Togo, 1994, in French with English subtitles |
| Women in four African countries are shown
organizing around issues of marital rights, reproductive health,
female genital mutilation and entrepreneurship. MORE... |
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FINTAR O
DESTINO
(Dribbling Fate) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 77 minutes,
Portugal / Cape Verde, 1998, in Criolo and Portuguese with English
subtitles |
| A feature film about soccer dreams weighs the
pros and cons of pursuing ambitions abroad or acceptance of life on
the isolated islands of Cape Verde. MORE... |
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FINZAN
(A Dance for the Heroes) |
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| VHS only, 107 minutes,
Mali, 1990, in Bambara with English subtitles |
| Cheick Oumar Sissoko explores the status of
African women in two interlocking stories of traditional village
society. MORE... |
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FLAME
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VHS and 35mm, 85 minutes,
Zimbabwe, 1996
Facilitator Guide Available |
| The role of women in guerilla struggles and in
post-liberation societies is depicted in a story of the women
freedom fighters of the Zimbabwean liberation struggle. MORE... |
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FRANTZ
FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK
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| VHS and 35mm, 52 minutes,
United Kingdom, 1996, in English and French with English subtitles |
| Dramatization and documentary trace Fanon's
intellectual development. Cultural critics position his pioneering
studies of the psychological impact of racism on the colonized and
colonizer alike. MORE... |
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LA GENESE
(Genesis) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 102 minutes,
Mali, 1999, in Bambara with English subtitles |
| Cheick Oumar Sisoko uses the Bible story of
Jacob and Esau to explore internecine wars from Liberia to Somalia
and from Congo to Kosovo. MORE... |
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LE GRAND
BLANC DE LAMBARENE
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| VHS and 35mm, 93 minutes,
Cameroon / France, 1995, in French with English subtitles |
| A revisionist perspective on Nobel Peace Prize
winner Albert Schweitzer rewrites the history of colonialism from
the point of view of the colonized. MORE... |
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GUIMBA THE
TYRANT
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| VHS and 35mm, 93 minutes,
Mali, 1995, in Bambara and Peul with English subtitles |
| An historical allegory by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
tells the tale of a tyrant overthrown. MORE... |
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HYENAS
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| VHS and 35mm, 113 minutes,
Senegal, 1992, in Wolof with English subtitles |
| Djibril Diop Mambety's second feature film is a
satire of Africa languishing in the decaying shell of the colonial
past instead of building a vibrant new society MORE... |
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IN A TIME
OF VIOLENCE
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| VHS only, 3 cassettes - 50
minutes each, South Africa, 1994, in Afrikaans, English and Zulu
with English subtitles |
| A fast paced political thriller set during the
final tense months of apartheid, stars some of the country's finest
actors and features a vibrant score by top Township bands. The
series dramatizes the basic African National Congress policy of
ethnic reconciliation within a multi-racial democratic society. MORE... |
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KAFI'S
STORY
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| VHS only, 53 minutes, Sudan
/ United Kingdom, 2001, in Nuba with English subtitles |
| A look at Nuba life at the moment before it was
engulfed in the Sudanese civil war. Kafi narrates his own story as
he travels from his village, Torogi, to Khartoum to earn enough
money to buy a new dress for his second wife. MORE... |
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KARMEN
GEI
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| VHS and 35mm, 82 minutes,
Senegal, 2001, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| A retelling of the celebrated Carmen
myth set in contemporary Senegal to African music and dance. MORE... |
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KEITA:
THE HERITAGE OF THE GRIOT
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VHS only, 94 minutes,
Burkina Faso, 1995, in French and Jula with English subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| A young boy and his distant ancestor engage in
parallel quests to understand their destinies and to know the
meaning of their names. In so doing, Ke鮠a makes the case
for an "Afrocentric" education, where African tradition, not an
imported Western curricula is the necessary starting point for
African development. MORE... |
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THE
LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN
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| VHS only, 52 minutes,
Sierre Leone / Spain, 1998, in English and Mende with English
subtitles |
| A mix of images, instrumental music, song,
interviews and narrative retrace the search for a lost song, its
history, and its implications for understanding relationships
between aspects of African-American and African culture MORE... |
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LONG
NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
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VHS only, 94 minutes,
2000
Facilitator Guide Available |
| A documents 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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LUMUMBA:
LA MORT DU PROPHETE
(Lumumba: Death of a Prophet) |
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| VHS only, 69 minutes,
France / Germany / Switzerland, 1992, in French with English
subtitles |
| The life and legacy of Patrice Lumumba, one of
the legendary figures of modern Africa's struggle for
self-determination, is reconstructed and examined through home
movies, photographs, old newsreels and interviews with Belgian
journalists and Lumumba's own daughter. MORE... |
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MAPANTSULA
(Hustler) |
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| VHS only, 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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| VHS only, 50 minutes,
United Kingdom / Nigeria, 1993, in English and Waikiriki with
English subtitles |
| 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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| VHS and 35mm, 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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NDEYSAAN
(The Price of Forgiveness) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 90 minutes,
Senegal, 2002, in L嶵ou with English subtitles |
| This haunting African feature film chronicles
the murder of a man by his best friend. It traces the villain's
attempts at redemption only finally won in death. MORE... |
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NUBA
CONVERSATIONS
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| VHS only, 55 minutes,
Sudan / United Kingdom, 2001, in Arabic, English and Nuba with
English subtitles |
| Ten years after shooting Kafi's Story, British
filmmaker Arthur Howes re-entered the Sudan clandestinely to find
out what had happened to the Nuba of Torogi. He documents the face
of jihad or holy war drawing attention to the plight of a people
under real threat of cultural extinction MORE... |
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PATIENT
ABUSE
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| VHS only, 58 minutes,
South Africa, 2001 |
| A chronicle of AIDS activism in South Africa
follows the Treatment Action Campaign's work for affordable
pharmaceuticals. MORE... |
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LA PETITE
VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL
(The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun) |
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VHS and 35mm, 45 minutes,
Senegal / Switzerland, 1999, in Wolof with English subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| The last film by Senegalese filmmaker Djibril
Diop Mamb彋y is a political allegory about an indomitable
paraplegic girl, granddaughter of a blind street singer, who
reinvents herself as a newspaper vendor. MORE... |
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PIECES
D'IDENTITES
(Pieces of Identity) |
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VHS 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 Bruxxels to make
provocative points about racism, tradition, class struggle,
cultural identity and corruption. MORE... |
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PRIME
TIME SOUTH AFRICA
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| VHS only, 110 minutes,
South Africa, 1995-96, in Setswana, Shangaan, Sotho, Venda, Xhosa
and Zulu with English subtitles |
| Six examples of South African television are
compiled, representing both public service and entertainment
programming to demonstrate the variety of ways the media is
portraying South Africa's new, post-apartheid dispensation. MORE... |
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QUAND LES
ETOILES RENCONTRENT LA MER
(When the Stars Meet the Sea) |
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| VHS only, 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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ROSTOV-LUANDA
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VHS only, 58 minutes,
Angola / France / Germany / Mauritania, 1997, in French and
Portuguese with English subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| A cross-section of Angolan society reflects on
the pragmatic process of rebuilding their country and their lives
after 20 years of civil war. MORE... |
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ROUCH IN
REVERSE
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| VHS only, 52 minutes,
United Kingdom / USA, 1995, in French with English subtitles |
| A critique of visual anthropology through the
work of Jean Rouch looks at European anthropology from an African
perspective. Jean Rouch and filmmaker Manthia Diawara compare
their interpretations of clips from Rouch's work. MORE... |
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SAARABA
(Utopia) |
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| VHS only, 86 minutes,
Senegal, 1988, in Wolof with English subtitles |
| A social critique follows various characters
on a quest for some personal Utopia. And each, like
post-independent Africa, comes to the brink of disaster. MORE... |
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SANGO
MALO
(The Village Teacher) |
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| VHS only, 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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SI-GUERIKI
(The Queen Mother) |
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| VHS only, 63 minutes,
Benin, 2003, in Bariba and French with English subtitles |
| This documentary film was intended as a
tribute to the filmmaker's late father, a member of a royal family
in northern Benin. But in the course of his investigations, the
director discovers the lives of his mother and sisters, which had
previously been invisible to him, and he decides to make a film
about them instead. Si-Gueriki examines partriarchy and the role
of women in a polygamous society. MORE... |
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SOUTH
AFRICA BELONGS TO US
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| VHS and 16mm, 35 minutes,
South Africa, 1980 |
| Portraits of black South African women: a wife
left behind in the homelands, a hospital cleaner living in a
single-sex hostel, a public health nurse from Soweto, a domestic
servant and a leader of a squatters' camp, reveal the daily
violence wreaked by apartheid on family life and the social
fabric. MORE... |
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STATE OF
DENIAL
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| VHS only, 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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STEPS FOR
THE FUTURE
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| VHS only, 25 cassette
series, Lesotho / Mozambique / Namibia / South Africa / Zambia /
Zimbabwe, 2002, in English and multiple African Languages with
English subtitles |
| This unique collaboration between filmmakers
from Southern Africa and broadcasters from the Northern countries
looks at how individuals are coping and societies are changing
under the impact of HIV/AIDS. MORE... |
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TA DONA
(Fire!) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 100
minutes, Mali, 1991, in Bambara with English subtitles |
| A mix of supernatural myth and naturalistic
narrative describes the search for modern resource management and
rural development nurtured by tradition. MORE... |
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TAAFE
FANGA
(Skirt Power) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 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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| VHS and 35mm, 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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O
TESTAMENTO DO SENHOR NAPUMOCENO
(Napumoceno's Will) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 110
minutes, Portugal / Cape Verde, 1998, in Portuguese with English
subtitles |
| The film, based on a novel by Cape Verdean
Germano Almeida, follows Cape Verde from colony to independence. MORE... |
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THESE
HANDS
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| VHS and 16mm, 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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THREE
TALES FROM SENEGAL
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VHS and 35mm, 82 minutes,
3 titles on 1 cassette, Senegal, 1995, in Wolof with English
subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| A trilogy of fables includeing ,Le Franc, Picc
Mi, and Fary L'Aness, explores Africa's place in the global
lottery, the exploitation of children in Africa's cities, and a
man led astray by his demand for perfection. MORE... |
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THUNDERBOLT
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| VHS only, 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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| VHS and 35mm, 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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| VHS only, 85 minutes,
Zaire / 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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LA VIE
SUR TERRE
(Life on Earth) |
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| VHS and 35mm, 61 minutes,
Mali, 1998, in Bambara and French with English subtitles |
| A fictional documentary covering daily life in
Sokolo, Mali, is overlaid with readings from Aime Cesaire. It
imagines the significance of the start of the 21st century for
people still struggling to enter the 20th century. MORE... |
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A WALK IN
THE NIGHT
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VHS only, 78 minutes,
1998, in English and Afrikaans with English subtitles
Facilitator Guide Available |
| Drawing references from Richard Wright's
portrait of black rage in Native Son and Shakespeare's
Hamlet, this crime thriller set in Johannesburg recounts one
night when a young Coloured man is driven to an act of brutality
by a racist society. MORE... |
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WEND
KUUNI
(God's Gift) |
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| VHS only, 70 minutes,
Burkina Faso, 1982, in Mor?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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WOUBI
CHERI
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| VHS only, 62 minutes,
France / Ivory Coast, 1998, in French with English subtitles |
| A cross-section of gender-bending pioneers
describe in their own words their lives as homosexual Africans in
Abijan. MORE... |
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YOU
AFRICA!
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| VHS only, 43 minutes,
Senegal, 1993, in French and Wolof with English subtitles |
| Legendary Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour
describes his long personal and cultural journey to become the
leading exponent of world fusion pop, a blend of traditional
music, reggae, jazz and rock, which has influenced musicians as
diverse as Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Branford Marsalis and Paul
Simon. MORE... |
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YOU HAVE
STRUCK A ROCK!
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| VHS and 16mm, 28 minutes,
South Africa, 1981 |
| The special contribution of South African
women to the success of the anti-apartheid struggle is documented.
Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Dora Tamana and other leaders recall
their struggle against the hated pass system and their
imprisonment and banning. MORE... |
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ZAN BOKO
(Homeland) |
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| VHS only, 94 minutes,
Burkina Faso, 1988, in Mor?with English subtitles |
| This story of a village family caught up in
the transformation of an agrarian, subsistence economy into an
industrialized commodity economy explores the impact of the change
from an oral tradition to a mass media based society where
information is pre-packaged and sold. MORE... |
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