91 Films about Africa

A man born with cerebral palsy disregards his doctor’s advice by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro

Artist James Prosek is on a beautiful, violent quest to paint the Atlantic’s most important fish life-sized, from life

A London man uses his new found fame as an opera singer to become better acquainted with his African roots

A look at the interconnecting lives of a wild community locked in a never-ending battle to stay alive

After a British explorer disappears in the jungles of Africa, his daughter enlists the help of a local guide to lead the subsequent search party

Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa

One penguin's dramatic story of life and death set against the backdrop of one of the harshest coastlines in the world the Skeleton Coast of South Western Africa

An American documentary filmmaker crosses the lines of Nigeria’s oil conflict.

Oumou, a struggling young African woman, finds that love is the true connection between her heritage and her future

Ghana's investigative journalist, Anas, Aremeyaw Anas, examines activities of the state owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to bring forward a prolonged list of companies and people owning it

South Africas astonishing apartheid era newspaper and the journalists/political activists who risked everything to tell the story of what was really happening in the country

Surfing Soweto follows three of the most notorious train surfers in Johannesburg and features dramatic footage of the trio as they perform death-defying stunts on the roofs of trains, ducking bridges and 3000 volt electric cables

Set against the background of South Africa’s emerald coast and diamond mines, DIAMOND HUNTERS traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget

Set against the background of South Africa’s emerald coast and diamond mines, DIAMOND HUNTERS traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget

Known as the "Princess of Africa," South African singer and superstar Yvonne Chaka Chaka grew up in a township of Soweto before using her music to bring about positive change for those suffering poverty and disease throughout Africa.

The story of an unusual family on a quest to make their dream come true: to climb, with their 4 kids, to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro

Join the Baroness as she explores, swinging, traditional African sex therapies, gay nightlife and other topics 'hidden' in the underworlds of Johannesburg and Cape Town

When Essien's sister Eme pays a surprise visit from Nigeria to his home in Harlem, he soon discovers that she has brought her strong beliefs and customs with her

On a normal morning in Gbese, Accra, two friends wake up and plan to go clubbing with some lady friends after chasing an evasive debtor for their money

A family drama set in Addis Ababa, revolves around a father struggling to save his only daughter from a heart problem that can not be treated locally

A twisted tale of two unemployed graduates who embark on a journey to make it in a world where you need more than what you have to get what you want

ADERA is a heart wrenching story about an Ethiopian refugee who struggles to survive in Johannesburg

Four friends have to shed their idealistic outlook on life and embrace the harsh realities of adulthood

THE LIST is the story of Lesego Thambo, an over-achieving, cheese-boy, whos just turned twenty-five and already ticked everything off his list of life goals.

In what seems like a perfect life, three beautiful young women make bold attempts to change their lives even when destiny plays its joke on them

Three friends, Thebe, Max and Gift who master a very unnecessary plan to sell cocaine at Friday nights pimps and hoes party

Host Beyonce Knowles brings four young people to South Africa to talk to Nelson Mandela

A personal documentary about the filmmaker's relationship to his well known father, a leader in the South African liberation movement

A personal journey in the form of a road movie that shows how South Africa's segregated past lives on in the social geography of the present

THE PAN-AFRICAN EXPRESS tells the story of six young men from Morehouse College who visit South Africa for the first time

THE PRODIGAL SON retraces the lost history of the Orderson family, and the West Indian community in South Africa

The documentary charts the daily life of lesbian couple Suzanne Du Toit and Anna-Mari De Vos, as well as their historic struggle to legally adopt children

This fun, yet insightful documentary navigates global and local initiatives that keep information in the public domain

This is a tale full of terrible and tragic oddities at Accra 's Psychiatric Hospital (Asylum Down)

Ghana's investigative journalist, Anas, Aremeyaw Anas, examines activities of the state owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to bring forward a prolonged list of companies and people owning it

Ghana's investigative journalist, Anas, surgically opens the belly of the Tema port, Customs, Excise and Preventive Service and allied agencies, to expose filth and rot