Africa

Snap and his dog hunt wild animals in Africa

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney Passé, who has previously worked with powerhouse music video director Khalil Joseph. Reading from her own works, Lincoln’s voice sets the tone for a film that explores the African American experience through fathers and their sons.

Meet Dominic Pascoe, a 10 year old boy living in Cape Town, South Africa. Dominic lives in an area of Cape Town known as "The Kraal".The Kraal is a desperately poor informal settlement known as a centre of crime situated in the Bo-Kaap between Cape Town's brand new R4.5 billion World Cup stadium and the city centre. Home to about 150 people, including a number of children, it is a dirt-poor squatter camp out of sight of the tourists who flock to the Mother City to enjoy its world class attractions.

In this documentary, albinos in Tanzania share their experience of the everyday discrimination, violence and isolation they have faced simply due to the colour of their skin. Josephat Torner, an activist with the Tanzania Albinism Society, takes RTD crew on a trip from Dar es Salaam to the Lake Zone, where albino hunting is most common.

Bringing 15th-century Africa--before the arrival of colonizers--to rich, colorful life, chronicling the exploits of legendary Yoruba king Sango, ruler of the Oyo empire: his ascension to the throne, his battles with the Olowu and his own war generals, his dangerous experimentations with potent charms, and his ultimate deification.

Zeinab Badawi delves into the history of Africa for a mini-series on BBC World News.

Johannesburg is considered the most uranium-contaminated city in the world. Waste dumps from around 600 abandoned mines sit next to residential communities, blowing polluted dust into homes and contaminating the soil and water supplies. To get a sense of the sheer extent of the problem, Martin Boudot and his team of researchers investigate. Equipped with a Geiger counter, they uncover some dangerous realities...

Silent French film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020

Adrian (Anwar Jamison), a philandering financial executive, has spent his entire life shunning Black consciousness and chasing corporate success. Adrian's brother, Buck (Khalil Kain), is an activist who routinely holds community meetings in his barber shop. After a perfect storm of disappointment and discrimination, Adrian finds himself in Ghana on an amusing adventure where he meets Akosua (Nana Ama McBrown) and finds nourishment for his soul.

A film by Kent Garrett originally a part of Black Journal.

Mamá África centers on Yoruba religious and cultural expressions in Bobures (Maracaibo Lake), Venezuela and Oyo, Nigeria.

Captures an intimate's struggle for the right to love. Following a Ugandan transgender girl, forced to leave her country.

Africa is a continent that conjures up images of bold predators: Lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals. Now National Geographic sets those four-legged giants aside in search of the twelve deadliest snakes in Africa, including the continent’s most lethal serpent. There are over 400 different species of snakes in Africa, nearly 100 of those are considered dangerous to man. Out of those, 12 stand out.

The sky lights up and the desert comes alive on this desperate search for hidden millions.

At an East African Reinforcement Camp an entertainment unit stages a show for troops of 11th East African Division.

South Africa has a long history of colonialism by among others the Portuguese, French, Dutch and British. This travelogue begins in Cape Town, one of the most important ports in the world. It is located at the meeting of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Table Mountain overlooks the city. At the peak's summit, one can get a magnificent view of the city and surrounding coastline below. Diamond miner and Englishman Cecil John Rhodes, known for the scholarship named after him, bequeathed a house to the state to be used as the home for the prime minister, this house which is the most colorful building in Cape Town. There is also a memorial to Rhodes at the side of Table Mountain. The next stop on the journey is the city of Durban, which has grown from a small native town to one of the largest and most important cities in South Africa.

When two of the cutest pups around want to learn about animals, who do they call? Professor Twiggles of course! She knows all there is to know about the animal kingdom! Join Moxie and Bo as they go on an African safari to learn about the amazing creatures who live in the jungle, the savanna and everywhere in between! You're in for a wild ride and woof-tastic fun when you adventure with Pup School!

Dr. Paul Hoefler, a prominent explorer, organizes an exhibition to track down a secret cannibalistic society in Africa known as the "Leopard Men."

Aïpeur Foundou is a Congolese dancer and choreographer. Amidst some popular areas of Brazzaville, he shows us one possible way to freedom.