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1. Lumumba 8.0/10
(2000)
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The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of
Disillusionment
the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the
independent Congo... (115 mins.) Tell Your Friends
Director: Raoul Peck
Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto
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2. Mobutu, roi du Zaïre (1999 Documentary)
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Director: Thierry Michel Genres
Stars: Raymond Barre, Jacques Chirac, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Mobutu
Sese Seko
Biography (4) Comedy (2)
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Drama (22) History (9)

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3. Lumumba: La mort du prophète (1990 Sport (1) War (5)

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Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba,
who was Prime Minister of Zaire (now Congo) when he was
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assassinated in 1961. (69 mins.)
Director: Raoul Peck User Rating
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4. Zaïre, le cycle du serpent (1998 Documentary)
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6. When We Were Kings (1996 Documentary)

A documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in

Zaire between champion George Foreman and underdog
challenger Muhammad Ali. (88 mins.) See all lists by Daniel Domingues »
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7. Tableau ferraille (1997)

Tells the story of an idealistic young politician's rise and fall.

Daam, a well-intentioned but vacillating... (92 mins.)
Director: Moussa Sene Absa
Stars: Ismaël Lô, Ndèye Fatou Ndaw, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Ahmed Attia
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8. Testament (1988)

(80 mins.)
Director: John Akomfrah
Stars: Tania Rogers, Evans Oma Hunter, Frank Parkes, Sally Sagoe
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9. Cuba: An African Odyssey (2007 Documentary)

From Che Guevara's military campaign to avenge Lumumba in

the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa... (118
mins.)
Director: Jihan El-Tahri
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10. The Hero (2004)

A 20-year veteran of the Angolan civil war returns to the

capital city of Luanda where he faces the challenges of
assimilation and survival. (97 mins.)
Director: Zézé Gamboa
Stars: Makena Diop, Milton 'Santo' Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Patrícia Bull
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11. Teza (2008)

The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native

country during the repressive totalitarian... (140 mins.)
Director: Haile Gerima
Stars: Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun
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Dry Season (2006)

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Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces

the government has just amnestied the war criminals... (96
mins.)
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Stars: Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah
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13. Tsotsi (2005)

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang

leader. (94 mins.)
Director: Gavin Hood
Stars: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Makoe, Terry Pheto
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14. Wrestling Grounds (2005)

(105 mins.)
Director: Cheikh Ndiaye
Stars: Lea Cartier, Moustapha Gueye, Mohamed Ndao, Aziz Ndiaye
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15. A Screaming Man (2010)

Present-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming

champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel... (92
mins.)
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Stars: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emile Abossolo M'bo, Hadje Fatime
N'Goua
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16. Nothing But the Truth (2008)

Full feature length live stand-up comedy performance by

multi-award winning and charmingly provocative South African
comedy super star. (92 mins.)
Director: John Kani
Stars: John Kani, Rosie Motene, Motshabi Tyelele, Grethe Fox
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17. Our Forbidden Places (2008 Documentary)

During the oppressive reign of Moroccan King Hassan II in the

70's and 80's (a.k.a. Years of Lead) many dissidents went
missing. After the throning of a new king, a truth commission
was formed in the 2000's. Families of the missing speak. (108
mins.)
Director: Leïla Kilani
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The Absence (2009)

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18. Adama Diop is a successful scientist, living in Paris. After

15 years away, he travels to his hometown... (82 mins.)
Director: Mama Keïta
Stars: Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Mouss Diouf, Ibrahima Mbaye, William
Nadylam
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19. Barakat! (2006)

Set amidst the civil war of Algeria in the 1990s, Enough! is the
story of two women. Emel is a Westerner whose husband, a
journalist, is missing - perhaps kidnapped or even killed for
articles he's written. (95 mins.)
Director: Djamila Sahraoui
Stars: Rachida Brakni, Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari, Zahir Bouzerar, Malika
Belbey
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20. L'ombre de Liberty (2006)

Captain Ekumu has a lot on his mind: his son Ika is dying and
he does not have the means to find treatment for him... (85
mins.)
Director: Imunga Ivanga
Stars: Michel Ndaot, Nadège Kyara Bongo, Laurent Owondo, Line Lecland
Mpoundji
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21. Tasuma (2004)

A village elder veteran expecting his pension buys a mill on

credit for the community, but the repeated requests are
ignored by the government bring back his fighting spirit. (90
mins.)
Director: Daniel Sanou Kollo
Stars: Serge Henri, Aï Keïta, Besani Raoul Khalil, Noufou Ouédraogo
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22. Zulu Love Letter (2004)

(100 mins.)
Director: Ramadan Suleman
Stars: Pamela Nomvete, Mpumi Malatsi, Sophie Mgcina, Kurt Egelhof
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23. El Manara (2004)

El- Manara, is a brutally direct depiction of Algerian society

during the rise of fundamentalist Islam... (90 mins.)
Director: Belkacem Hadjadj
Stars: Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid, Khaled Benaïssa, Farouk Boutadjine, Nacer
Chenouf
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Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000)

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24. A group of children living on the street leave their gang,

prompting retribution from the gang's leader. After one of the
children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give
their friend a proper burial. (99 mins.)
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Stars: Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Hicham Moussoune, Abdelhak
Zhayra
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25. Life on Earth (1998)

In the last days of 1999, after a few shots of a French

supermarket, abundant in food and color, we... (61 mins.)
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Stars: Abderrahmane Sissako, Nana Baby, Mohamed Sissako, Bourama
Coulibaly
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26. The Island of Contenda (1996)

Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the

traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady
change... (110 mins.)
Director: Leão Lopes
Stars: Marina Albuquerque, Fernanda Alves, Camacho Costa, Luísa Cruz
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27. The Battle of Algiers (1966)

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of

Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
(121 mins.)
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
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28. Ahlam Saghira (1994)

We see the developments in Egypt through the eyes of a twelve

year old during the presidency of Nasser... (90 mins.)
Director: Khalid Al-Haggar
Stars: Mervat Amin, Tamir Ashraf
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29. Mortu Nega (1990)

The story of a woman who searches through the country for

her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is
raging... (85 mins.)
Director: Flora Gomes
Stars: Bia Gomes, Tunu Eugenio Almada, Mamadu Uri Balde, Pedro da
Silva
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Le certificat d'indigence (1983 Short Film)

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30. A mother goes to the hospital to get treatment for her sick
baby, but is repeatedly referred elsewhere. (29 mins.)
Director: Moussa Bathily
Stars: Gueye, Marguerite Thiam
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31. Work (1978)

(90 mins.)
Director: Souleymane Cissé
Stars: Balla Moussa Keita, Baba Niare, Bubukar Keita, Omou Diarra
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32. Have You Heard From Johannesburg (2010

Documentary)

The cinematic history of the worldwide effort to destroy South

African apartheid, a story that has never been told before in
any medium...
Director: Connie E. Field
Stars: Alfre Woodard
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33. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood

in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first
democratically elected president of South Africa. (141 mins.)
Director: Justin Chadwick
Stars: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto, Robert Hobbs
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34. Virgin Margarida (2012)

(90 mins.)
Director: Licinio Azevedo
Stars: Iva Mugalela, Hermelinda Cimela, Sumeia Maculuva, Rosa Mario
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35. Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria,

where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks
out, political events loom larger than their differences as they
join the fight to establish an independent republic. (111 mins.)
Director: Biyi Bandele
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, John Boyega
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Finding Fela! (2014 Documentary)

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36. A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
(119 mins.)
Director: Alex Gibney
Stars: Fela Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti
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37. Death Metal Angola (2012 Documentary)

DEATH METAL ANGOLA follows a loving Angolan couple, Sonia

and Wilker, whose love for death metal music... (83 mins.)
Director: Jeremy Xido
Stars: Sonia Ferreira, Wilker Flores
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38. Blood Diamonds (2006 Documentary)

(94 mins.)
Stars: Luc Berlin-Unkap, Hope Olaide Wilson, Jeffrey Wright
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39. Good Fortune (2009 Documentary)

Through intimate portraits of three individuals living in the

poorest areas of Kenya, Good Fortune explores how massive,
international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be
undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. (73
mins.)
Director: Landon Van Soest
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40. Sambizanga (1972)

Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement,

arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in
Angola... (102 mins.)
Director: Sarah Maldoror
Stars: Domingos de Oliveira, Elisa Andrade, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino
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41. The Supreme Price (2014 Documentary)

Documentary about women's rights in Nigeria. (75 mins.)

Director: Joanna Lipper
Stars: Hafsat Abiola
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