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.
- AFRICAN DRUM, BEYOND THE BEAT (South Africa, UK, West Africa)
- 2012, 48 min., directed by Tariq Richards
- BOROM SARRET (Senegal)
- 1963, 18 min., directed by Ousmane Sembène
- DEAR MANDELA (South Africa, USA)
- 2012, 93 min., directed by Dara Kell and Christopher Rizza
- FAAT KINE (Senegal)
- 2000, 110 min., directed by Ousmane Sembène
- FANIE FOURIE’S LOBOLA (South Africa)
- 2013, 90 min., directed by Henk Pretorius
- GOD LOVES UGANDA (Uganda, USA)
- 2013, 90 min., directed by Roger Ross Williams
- GRIGRIS (Chad, France)
- 2013, 101 min., directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- KHUMBA (South Africa)
- 2013, 85 min., directed by Anthony Silverstein
- LA PIROGUE (France, Germany, Senegal)
- 2012, 87 min., directed by Moussa Touré
- LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA (Nigeria, UK)
- 2012, 78 min., directed by Obi Emelonye
- MAN ON GROUND (South Africa)
- 2011, 80 min., directed by Akin Omotoso
- MOI ZAPHIRA! (Burkina Faso)
- 2012, 102 min., directed by Apolline Traoré
- MOTHER OF GEORGE (Nigeria, USA)
- 2013, 107 min., directed by Andrew Dosunmu
- NAIROBI HALF-LIFE (Germany, Kenya)
- 2012, 96 min., directed by David Tosh Gitonga
- ON THE EDGE (France, Germany, Morocco)
- 2011, 106 min., directed by Leila Kilani
- SAND FISHERS (France, Mali)
- 2012, 72 min., directed by Samouté Andrey Diarra
- SOUL BOY (Germany, Kenya)
- 2010, 60 min., directed by Hawa Essuman
- THE SQUARE / AL MIDAN (Egypt, USA)
- 2013, 104 min., directed by Jehane Noujaim
- VIRGIN MARGARIDA (Mozambique)
- 2012, 90 min., directed by Licinio Azevedo
