Africa Movies

A doctor searches for the cure for nagana, the sleeping sickness caused by the tsetse fly.

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

An aging village chief entrenched in traditional Cameroonian ways clashes with his daughter. She was educated in France to help support the family,...

A small safari in Africa is captured by a tribe of white jungle women.

After brilliant studies in France and a 15-year absence from his homeland, Adama, a young graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, rushes back to...

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white...

Travelogue released in April of 1921. Written & produced by Burton Holmes.

“There was excitement in the air,” says Donga, now in his late twenties, describing his feelings when the uprising against Muammar...

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The search to prove that surfing is an African sport by traveling to the remote island nation of Sao Tome.

At an archaeological dig outside of Cairo, 1920, an amazing discovery is made, that could turn all previous knowledge of the pyramids on it's head,...

This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...

Guangzhou, a.k.a. Canton, is southern China’s centuries-old trading port. Today the booming metropolis of 14 million is a mecca of mass...

Machanic Manyeruke is the founder of gospel music in Zimbabwe—though, his influence reaches far beyond the borders of his African country....

A Gambian family is at dilemma whether they should go see a traditional healer or go to a hospital after their daughter catches malaria by a mosquito...

Travelogue released on December 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Through the story of a mason in Djenne, Komusa Tenapo, and his family, this documentary examines an African tradition of mud architecture in Mali....

A film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,...

It's war. War against an invisible enemy that is not as deadly as we are told. The world is changing rapidly. Disproportionate measures are taken...