24th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films

24th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films

Filmography

Here are all of the films that have been shown at CFAF each year. The films with asterisks (*) are available at the PCC Library. The African Film Collection is a complete listing of films available in the PCC library catalog. If you are not a PCC student, inquire about a guest library card.

2014 films will be available in May or June 2014.

FILM DIRECTOR COUNTRY

1991 Camp at Thiaroye* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Faces of Women Désiré Ecaré Ivory Coast
La Vie Est Belle* Mweze Ngangura Congo DRC
Yeelen* Souleymane Cissé Mali

1992 Angano Angano* César Paes Madagascar
Finzan* Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali
My Dinner With the Devil Snake* Jim Blashfield USA
Xala Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Yaaba* Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso

1993 Harvest 3000 Years Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Sango Malo* Bassek ba Kobhio Cameroon
Tilai/The Law* Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso
Wend Kuuni* Gaston Kaboré Burkina Faso
Zan Boko* Gaston Kaboré Burkina Faso

1994 Guelwaar* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Kasarmu Ce* Saddik Balewa Nigeria
Neria* Godwin Mawuru Zimbabwe
Nightmare in Paradise Hilton Fyle Sierra Leone
Touki Bouki* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal

1995 Mandabi Ousmane Sembène Senegal
More Time Isaac Mabhikwa Zimbabwe
Samba Traoré Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
These Hands* Flora M’mbugu-Schelling Tanzania
Women with Open Eyes* Anne-Laure Folly Togo

1996 Blue Eyes of Yonta, The* Flora Gomes Guinea-Bissau
From Sun-Up* Flora M’mbugu-Schelling Tanzania
Gito the Ungrateful* Leonce Ngabo Burundi
Hyenas* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Keita* Dani Kouyaté Burkina Faso
Monday’s Girls* Ngozi Onwurah Nigeria

1997 Ça Twiste à Poponguine* Moussa Sene Absa Senegal
Ceddo Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Guimba the Tyrant* Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali
Sarraounia Med Hondo Mauritania
Silences of the Palace, The Moufida Tlatli Tunisia
You Africa!* Ndiouga Moctar Bâ Senegal

1998 Adama, the Fulani Musician* Taale Laafi Rosellini Burkina Faso
Clando* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Deluge* Salem Mekuria Ethiopia/USA
Flame* Ingrid Sinclair Zimbabwe
Great Great Grandparents’ Music* Taale Laafi Rosellini Burkina Faso
Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné* Bassek ba Kobhio Cameroon/Gabon
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
Through the Door of No Return* Shirikiana Aina USA/Ghana
When the Stars Meet the Sea* Raymond Rajaonarivelo Madagascar

1999 Aristotle’s Plot* Jean-Pierre Bekolo Cameroon/Zimbabwe
Everyone’s Child* Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe
Faraw! Mother of the Dunes* Abbdoulaye Ascofaré Mali
Fary, L’Anesse* Mansour Sora Wade Senegal
Kini and Adams Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso/Zimbabwe
Land/Al-Ard, The* Youssef Chahine Egypt
Mortu Nega* Flora Gomes Guinea-Bissau
My Dinner With the Devil Snake* Jim Blashfield USA
Oggun: An Eternal Presence* Gloria Rolando Cuba
Picc Mi/Little Bird* Mansour Sora Wade Senegal
Taafe Fanga* Adama Drabo Mali
Tableau Ferraille* Moussa Sene Absa Senegal

2000 Bab El-Oued City* Merzak Allouache Algeria
Crossroads of People* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Destiny* Youssef Chahine Egypt
Fools Ramadan Suleman South Africa
Heritage Africa* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Honey and Ashes* Nadia Fares Tunisia
Kirikou & the Sorceress* Michel Ocelot France
Last Angel of History, The* John Akomfrah Ghana/UK
Life on Earth* Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Love Brewed in the African Pot* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Maangamizi* Mulvihill, Mhando Tanzania
Pièces d’Identités/ID* Mweze Ngangura Congo DRC
Saikati the Enkabaani* Anne G. Mungai Kenya
Tumult/Gir-Gir Yemane I. Demissie Ethiopia

2001 Battle of the Sacred Tree, The* Wanjiru Kinyanjui Kenya
Bye Bye Africa* Mahamat Saleh Haroun Chad
Chef/Chief* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Dolly and The Inkspots* Jurgen Schadeberg South Africa
Family Across the Sea* Tim Carrier Sierra Leone/USA
Fintar O Destino* Fernando Vendrell Cape Verde
Genesis* Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali
Halfaouine* Ferid Boughedir Tunisia
Head in the Clouds* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Hyenas* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Jim Comes to Jo’burg* Donald Swanson South Africa
Kafi’s Story* Arthur Howes Sudan/UK
Kirikou and the Sorceress* Michel Ocelot France
Language You Cry In, The* A. Toepke, Serrano Sierra Leone/Spain
Le Franc* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Little Girl Who Sold the Sun, The* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Long Night’s Journey into Day* F. Reid, D. Hoffmann South Africa/USA
Mossane Safi Faye Senegal
Nuba Conversations* Arthur Howes Sudan/UK
Sambizanga Sarah Maldoror Angola
Touki Bouki* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Yellow Card* John Riber Zimbabwe

2002 A Door to the Sky* Farida Ben Lyzaid Morocco
Adanggaman Roger Gnoan M’Bala Ivory Coast
Boesman and Lena* John Berry South Africa/USA
Bopha! Morgan Freeman South Africa/USA
Dakan/Destiny* Mohamed Camara Guinea
Diamonds, Guns…Sierra Leone & Women’s Peace Movement* Jan Haaken Sierra Leone/USA
Endurance Leslie Woodhead Ethiopia/USA
Faat Kine* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Lumumba* Raoul Peck Congo DRC/Haiti
Naked Spaces: Living Is Round* Trinh T. Minh-ha West Africa/USA
Our Friends at the Bank* Peter Chappell Uganda/France
Out in Africa* Johnny Symons South Africa/Zim/USA
Season of Men, The Moufida Tlatli Tunisia
Sirga: The Lion Child Patrick Grandperret Ivory Coast/Mali/France
Steve Biko: Beacon of Hope* Nkosinathi Biko South Africa
T.G.V. Moussa Touré Senegal
Thunderbolt* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Woubi Cheri* P. Brooks, L. Bocahut Ivory Coast/France

2003 Adwa: An African Victory* Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Bilalian Aminah AbdulJabbaar USA/Senegal/Gambia
Camp at Thiaroye* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Christopher Changes His Name Cilia Sawadogo Burkina Faso/Canada
Closed Doors, The* Atef Hetata Egypt
Cora Player, The Cilia Sawadogo Burkina Faso/Canada
Daresalam* Issa Serge Coelo Chad
It’s My Life* Brian Tilley South Africa
Karmen Geï* Joseph Gaï Ramaka Senegal
Kirikou & the Sorceress* Michel Ocelot France
Mama Africa, Pt. I* Pickering et al. Namibia/Nigeria/S. Africa
Middle Passage* Guy Deslauriers Martinique
Naguib Mahfouz* Francka Mouloudi Egypt
Nelio’s Story* Solveig Nordlund Mozambique/Sweden
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
Satin Rouge Raja Amari Tunisia
Scenarios from the Sahel* West African directors Mali/Senegal/B. Faso
Sia, The Myth of the Python* Dani Kouyaté Burkina Faso
Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt* Michal Goldman Egypt

2004 A Summer in La Goulette* Férid Boughedir Tunisia
Abouna/Our Father* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Stree Nabil Ayouch Morocco
Amandla! Revolution in Four-Part Harmony* Lee Hirsch South Africa
Beat of Distant Hearts, The* Danielle Smith Western Sahara/Algeria
Benjamin & His Brother* Arthur Howes Sudan/UK/USA
Bitter Cane* Jacques Arcelin Haiti
Haiti: Dreams of Democracy* Jonathan Demme Haiti/UK
Imperfect Journey* Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Inch’Allah Dimanche* Yamina Benguigui Algeria
Little Senegal* Rachid Bouchareb Algeria/Senegal/USA
Mama Africa, Part II* Fanta Nacro et al. B.F./Zimbabwe/Tunisia
Man by the Shore, The* Raoul Peck Haiti
Nightjohn* Charles Burnett USA
Price of Forgiveness, The* Mansour Sora Wade Senegal
Song of Umm Dalaila, The* Danielle Smith Western Sahara/Algeria
Waiting for Happiness* Abderrahmane Sissako Mauritania

2005 Afro@Digital* Bakupa-Kanyinda Congo DRC/France
Baara/The Porter* Souleymane Cissé Mali
Cosmic Africa* Craig & Damon Foster South Africa
Daughters of the Dust* Julie Dash USA
Dôlè/Money* Imunga Ivanga Gabon
Father, The * Ermias Woldeamlak Ethiopia
Finye/The Wind* Souleymane Cissé Mali
Forest, The* B. Kobhio, Ouénangaré CAR/Cameroon/Gabon
Life & Times of Sara Baartman, The* Zola Maseko South Africa
Madame Brouette Moussa Sene Absa Senegal
Marriage of Mariamu, The* R. Mulvihill, N. Ng’oge Tanzania/USA
Moolaadé Ousmane Sembène Senegal
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom* L. Demoz, E. Simonson South Africa
Rachida* Yamina Bachir-Chouikh Algeria
Return of Sara Baartman, The* Zola Maseko South Africa
Shanda* John & Louise Riber Zimbabwe
Sisters of the Screen* Beti Ellerson West Africa/USA
Soldiers of the Rock* Norman Maake South Africa
Surrender* Celine Gilbert Tanzania
Waati/Time Souleymane Cissé Mali
Yeelen/Brightness* Souleymane Cissé Mali

2006 Africa: Open for Business Carol Pineau Various African countries
All About Darfur* Taghreed Elsanhouri Sudan/UK
Ball, The* Orlando Mesquita Mozambique
Coming to England Keith Taylor Trinidad/UK
Darwin’s Nightmare Hubert Sauper Tanzania/Austria/France
Forgotten Root, The* Raphael Rebollar Mexico
From Florida to Coahuila* Raphael Rebollar Mexico
Heritage* Ladi Ladebo Nigeria
Hero / O Heroi, The* Zézé Gamboa Angola
Hollow City* Maria João Ganga Mozambique
Hot Chili* Moabi Mogorosi Botswana
In Rwanda We Say…* Anne Aghion Rwanda
Kare Kare Zvako* Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe
Keepers of Memory* Eric Kabera Rwanda
Ko-Falen/The Gift Exchange Baba Wagué Diakité USA/Mali
Kuxa Kanema/The Birth of Cinema* Margarida Cardoso Mozambique
Living with Slim: Kids Talk about AIDS* Sam Kauffmann Uganda
Maluala* Sergio Giral Cuba
Other World, The* Merzak Allouache Algeria
Sky in Her Eyes, The* O. Smit, M. Ncayiyana South Africa
Sometimes in April* Raoul Peck Rwanda
Sophia’s Homecoming* Richard Pakleppa Namibia
State of Denial* Elaine Epstein South Africa
Tahara* Sara Rashad USA/Egypt
Tasuma, The Fighter* Daniel Kollo Sanou Burkina Faso
Welcome to Mali Penda Diakité USA/Mali
Yesterday Darrell Roodt South Africa

2007 A Child’s Love Story* Ben Diogaye Beye Senegal
Al’lèèssi…An African Actress* Rahmatou Keita Niger
Bedwin Hacker* Nadia El Fani Tunisia
Black Gold* M. Francis, N. Francis UK/Ethiopia
Borders/Frontières* Mostefa Djadjam Algeria
Crossroads of People* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Delwende* S. Pierre Yameogo Burkina Faso
Drum* Zola Maseko South Africa
Golden Stool, The* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts M. Ocelot, B. Galup France
Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema* Margarida Cardoso Mozambique
Love Brewed in the African Pot* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Nha Fala/My Voice* Flora Gomes Guinea Bissau
Night of Truth, The* Fanta Régina Nacro Burkina Faso
Ochre and Water* C. Matthew, J Chesselet Namibia
Scent of Oak/Roble de Olor Rigoberto López Pego Cuba
Sisters In Law* K. Longinotto, F. Ayisi Cameroon
That’s My Face/É Minha Cara* Thomas Allen Harris USA/Brazil
Tsotsi* Gavin Hood South Africa
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela* Thomas Allen Harris USA/South Africa

2008 34 South* Maganthrie Pillay South Africa
Alex’s Wedding Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Bamako* Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Black Girl/La Noire de…* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Borom Sarret* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Colonial Misunderstanding* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Daratt/Dry Season* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Days of Glory/Indigènes Rachid Bouchareb Algeria
Devil Came on Horseback, The Sundberg,Stern Sudan/USA
Ezra* Newton Aduaka Nigeria
Guelwaar* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
In the Shadow of Hollywood* Brad Osborne USA
Kinshasa Palace Zeka Laplaine Congo DRC/France
Legend of the Sky Kingdom, The* Roger Hawkins Zimbabwe
Lion Mountains, The* Louis Buckley Sierra Leone/UK
Masaï : The Rain Warriors* Pascal Plisson Kenya
Moving to the Beat Heymann, Fofanah Sierra Leone/USA
Narrow Path, The* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Red Glasses, The Yinka Djin Ghana
Sweet Crude Sandy Cioffi Nigeria/USA
This Is Nollywood* Franco Sacchi Nigeria
Under the Moonlight* Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso
Wooden Camera, The Ntshavheni wa Luruli South Africa
Zanzibar Soccer Queens* Florence Ayisi Zanzibar

2009 A Love During the War Osvalde Lewat-Hallade Congo DRC/Cameroon
Abeni* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Africa Paradis Sylvestre Amoussou Benin/France
As Old As My Tongue – Bi Kidude* Andy Jones Tanzania/UK
Awaiting for Men* Katy Léna N’Diaye Mauritania/Belgium
Azur & Asmar* Michel Ocelot France
Bab’Aziz* Nacer Khemir Tunisia
Clouds Over Conakry Cheick F. Camara Guinea
Cuba: An African Odyssey Jihan El-Tahri France/Egypt
Death of Two Sons* Micah Schaffer USA/Guinea
Enough!/Barakat!* Djamila Sahraoui Algeria
Fallen Beats, The* Dhaba Wayessa Ethiopia/USA
FESPACO* Kevin Arcadie Burkina Faso/USA
Iron Ladies of Liberia* S. S. Johnson, D. Junge Liberia/USA
Menged* Daniel Taye Workou Ethiopia
Meokgo & the Stick Fighter* Teboho Mahlatsi South Africa/Lesotho
Meteni The Lost One* Wondwossen Deress Ethiopia
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation Charles Burnett Namibia
Nightjohn* Charles Burnett USA
No Time To Die King Ampaw Ghana
Taarab: An Ocean of Melodies* Abdulkadir Ahmed Said Tanzania/South Africa
World Unseen, The Shamim Sarif South Africa
Zaïna: Rider of the Atlas Bourlem Guerdjou Morocco

2010 Adieu Mères/Goodbye Mothers* Mohamed Ismail Morocco
Adios Momo* Leonardo Ricagni Uruguay
Behind the Rainbow Jihan El-Tahri S. Africa/Egypt/France
Coming of Age* Judy Kibinge Kenya
Democracy in Dakar* Herson et al. Senegal/USA
Divizionz* Yes! That’s Us Uganda
Fighting Spirit, The* George Amponsah Ghana/UK
From a Whisper* Wanuri Kahiu Kenya
Movement (R)Evolution Africa Joan Frosch African countries/USA
My Neighbor, My Killer* Anne Aghion Rwanda/France
Nora A. Kovgan, D. Hinton Mozambique/USA
Nothing But the Truth* John Kani South Africa
Obara & the Merchants Manauvaskar Kublall USA
Paris or Nothing Joséphine Ndagnou Cameroon/France
Princess of the Sun Philippe Leclerc France
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
Senegalese Women & Islam* Angèle Diabang Brener Senegal
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad/France
Teza Haile Gerima Ethiopia/Germany
Water First* Amy Hart Malawi/USA
Wrestling Grounds* Cheikh A. Ndiaye Senegal
Yacoubian Building, The Marwan Hamed Egypt
Yandé Codou* Angèle Diabang Brener Senegal

2011 A Screaming Man* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Abouna/Our Father* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Arugba* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Athlete, The R. Lakew, D. Frankel Ethiopia
Burning in the Sun* C. Matlow, M.Robinson Mali/USA
Fantan Fanga/Power of the Poor A. Drabo, L. Diakité Mali
Imani Caroline Kamya Uganda
In My Genes* Lupita Nyong’o Kenya
Les Saignantes/The Bloodettes* Jean-Pierre Békolo Cameroon
Masquerades* Lyès Salem Algeria
Me Broni Ba/My White Baby* Akosua Adoma Owusu Ghana
Ousmane/Deweneti* Dyana Gaye Senegal
Pumzi Wanuri Kahui Kenya
Saint Louis Blues* Dyana Gaye Senegal
Sotigui Kouyaté: A Modern Griot* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France/Mali
Stolen* V. Ayala, D. Fallshaw Algeria/Australia
Streetball* Demetrius Wren South Africa/USA
Waliden/Children of Others* Awa Traoré Mali
White Lion Michael Swan South Africa
White Wedding* Jann Turner South Africa

2012 Broken Dreams* Fathia Absie Somalia/USA
Faro, Goddess of the Waters* Salif Traoré Mali/Burkina/Canada/France
For the Best and for the Onion!* Elhadj Magori Sani Niger
Hopeville* John Trengove South Africa
I Sing of a Well* Leila Djansi Ghana
Kinshasa Symphony* C. Wischmann, M. Baer Congo DRC/Germany
Letter: An American Town & “The Somali Invasion,” The* Ziad H. Hamzeh USA
Manuscripts of Timbuktu, The* Zola Maseko Mali/South Africa
Perfect Picture* Shirley Frimpong-Manso Ghana
Restless City* Andrew Dosunmu USA/Nigeria
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story* Yousry Nasrallah Egypt
Seasons of a Life* Charles Shemu Joyah Malawi
Sleepwalking Land / Terra Sonambula* Teresa Prata Mozambique
State of Violence Khalo Matabane South Africa
Tinga Tinga Tales* Tinga Tinga Arts Coop Kenya/UK
Viva Riva!* Djo Tunda Wa Munga Congo DRC
War Don Don* Rebecca Richman Cohen Sierra Leone/USA
Why Are They Here? Chinese Stories in Africa Yara Costa Ghana/Lesotho/Mozambique
Why Mosquitoes Buzz & More Stories from Africa Gene Deitch USA
Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children* Jezza Neuman Zimbabwe/UK

2013 A Lot Like You* Eliaichi Kimaro Tanzania/USA
An African Election* Jarreth Merz Ghana
Benda Bilili!* R. Barret, F. de la Tullaye Congo DRC
Black Mozart in Cuba, The* Steve James Guadeloupe
Education of Auma Obama, The* Branwen Okpako Kenya/Germany/Nigeria
Elza* Mariette Monpierre Guadeloupe
Grey Matter Kivu Ruhorahoza Rwanda
Inside Story Rolie Nikiwe South Africa
Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend* Raymond Saint-Jean Canada
Maami* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Microphone* Ahmad Abdallah Egypt
Mwansa the Great* Rungano Nyoni Zambia
Otelo Burning* Sarah Blecher South Africa
Pegasus Mohamed Mouftakir Morocco
Playing Warriors* Rumbi Katedza Zimbabwe
Rouge Parole* Elyes Baccar Tunisia
Stockton X: South Africa* T. Goitom, B. Taft South Africa/Ethiopia/Sweden
Tanti and the Neighborhood Kids Penda Diakité Mali/USA
Tey* Alain Gomis Senegal
Ties That Bind* Leila Djansi Ghana
Toussaint Louverture* Philippe Niang France/Haiti
Zarafa* Rémi Bezançon France/Belgium

2014 African Drum, Beyond the Beat* Tariq Richards West African Countries/South Africa/UK
Borom Sarret* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Dear Mandela* Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza South Africa/USA
Faat Kine* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Fanie Fourie’s Lobola Henk Pretorius South Africa
God Loves Uganda Roger Ross Williams Uganda/USA
Grigris* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad/France
Khumba* Anthony Silverstein South Africa
La Pirogue* Moussa Touré Senegal/France/Germany
Last Flight to Abuja* Obi Emelonye Nigeria/UK
Man on Ground* Akin Omotoso South Africa
Moi Zaphira!* Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso
Mother of George* Andrew Dosunmu USA/Nigeria
Nairobi Half-Life David Tosh Gitonga Kenya/Germany
On the Edge Leila Kilani Morocco/France/Germany
Sand Fishers* Samouté Andrey Diarra Mali/France
Soul Boy Hawa Essuman Kenya/Germany
The Square / Al Midan Egypt/USA Egypt/USA
Virgin Margarida* Licinio Azevedo Mozambique

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