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  • AI: African Intelligence

    AI: African Intelligence

    AI: African Intelligence

    Granted rare access to Ndeup, a spiritual healing ceremony practiced by Lebou peoples in Senegal, filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara wonders what connections can be made between the possession ritual and Western logic and technology.
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  • Namibia: Independence Now!

    Namibia: Independence Now!

    Namibia: Independence Now!

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  • Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up

    Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up

    Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up

    TUNISIAN WOMEN is a powerful record of the work of women activist in Tunisia and a celebration of Tunisia's extraordinary history of activism and resistance against authoritarian rule since the 1970s.
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  • Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

    Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

    Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor

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  • Promised Land

    Promised Land

    Promised Land

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  • A Letter from Yene

    A Letter from Yene

    A Letter from Yene

    Yene, a fishing village on the coast of Senegal, has been besieged by coastal erosion and uncontrolled urbanization in recent decades. Local fishermen, pebble collectors, and filmmaker Manthia Diawara address how they collectively and unknowingly contribute to undermining their shared environment.
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  • Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)

    Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)

    Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)

    Victoria, Mariana and Vasco are three young Mozambicans with physical disabilities living in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital city.
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  • Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story

    Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story

    Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story

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  • Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

    Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

    Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

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  • An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

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  • The Keepsake

    The Keepsake

    The Keepsake

    After living with relatives in fast-paced Lagos City, Nigeria, 14-year-old Amarachi returns to her home village to live with her mother Ikechi for the first time in eight years. When Ikechi learns Amarachi is pregnant due to rape, the pair begins an emotional journey to heal from their individual and collective traumas, save what is left of their estranged relationship, and learn to live as a family.
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  • To Walk Naked

    To Walk Naked

    To Walk Naked

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  • The Mseyas

    The Mseyas

    The Mseyas

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  • Who's Afraid of Ngugi?

    Who's Afraid of Ngugi?

    Who's Afraid of Ngugi?

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  • Viva Frelimo

    Viva Frelimo

    Viva Frelimo

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  • Sembene: the Making of African Cinema

    Sembene: the Making of African Cinema

    Sembene: the Making of African Cinema

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  • Nelson Mandela: the Struggle is My Life

    Nelson Mandela: the Struggle is My Life

    Nelson Mandela: the Struggle is My Life

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  • Mr. Devious

    Mr. Devious

    Mr. Devious

    This documentary on South African Hip-Hop artist Mr. Devious presents his hardcore style of rapping about ghetto life in Cape Flats, and his untimely murder.
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  • In My Genes

    In My Genes

    In My Genes

    Documentary about the harsh realities of living with Albinism in Kenya.
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  • Masizakhe: Building Each Other

    Masizakhe: Building Each Other

    Masizakhe: Building Each Other

    This documentary explores the role of art, social activism and Hip-Hop in South Africa’s education system after the end of Apartheid.
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  • L’Esprit Prêt-à-Partager

    L’Esprit Prêt-à-Partager

    L’Esprit Prêt-à-Partager

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  • Maison Tropicale

    Maison Tropicale

    Maison Tropicale

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  • The River Where We Live

    The River Where We Live

    The River Where We Live

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  • Living the Hiplife

    Living the Hiplife

    Living the Hiplife

    Shot in Accra, Ghana, this documentary follows the birth of Hiplife music, a mix of various African musical forms and American Hip-Hop.
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  • Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York

    Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York

    Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York

    Ghana’s Hip-Hop superstar Reggie Rockstone travels to New York, where he experiences the unexpected struggles and pleasures of life as an anonymous African on the fringes of an American city.
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  • From Mali to Michigan: A Musical Bridge

    From Mali to Michigan: A Musical Bridge

    From Mali to Michigan: A Musical Bridge

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  • Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon

    Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon

    Diaspora Conversations: from Goree to Dogon

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  • Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

    Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

    Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

    From the ashes of four decades of war, AIDS and corruption in Uganda, The Bataka Squad artists, Babaluku and Saba Saba, rise to forge a revolutionary path using music.
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  • Democracy in Dakar

    Democracy in Dakar

    Democracy in Dakar

    This film explores the transformative role of Hip-Hop in politics in Senegal during the 2007 presidential election campaign.
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  • Conakry Kas: The Conakry People

    Conakry Kas: The Conakry People

    Conakry Kas: The Conakry People

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  • Between the Cup and the Election

    Between the Cup and the Election

    Between the Cup and the Election

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  • Angola

    Angola

    Angola

    An engaging overview of Angola's social and economic landscape using scenes of everyday life in Angola and interviews from Angolans themselves.
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  • Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!

    Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!

    Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!

    Media artist Seyi Adebanjo tells a tale not often heard about gender and indigenous Yorùbá spirituality.
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