LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA
See Africa through African Eyes

Across the Curriculum
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African History
Afrique, je te plumerai
Le grand blanc de Lambarene
Flame
Keïta (The Heritage of the Griot)
The Language You Cry In: From 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia.
Long Night's Journey Into Day South Africa faces its racist past
Mortu Nega (Those Whom Death Refused)
O Testamento Do Senhor Napumoceno (Napumoceno's Will)

Cinema Studies
Bye Bye Africa
Faat Kine
Guimba the Tyrant
Hyenas
Kafi's Story
Lumumba: La mort du prophete (Lumumba: Death of a Prophet)
Le petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun)
Rostov-Luanda
Thunderbolt
Udju Azul di Yonta (The Blue Eyes of Yonta)
La vie sur terre (Life on Earth)
Wend Kuuni (God's Gift)

Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity

Aimé Césaire: une voix pour l'histoire (A Voice for History)
Afrique, je te plumerai (Africa, I Will Fleece You)
Bye Bye Africa
Chef! (Chief!)
Clando
Daresalam
Faat Kine
Fintar O Destino (Dribbling Fate)
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné
Long Night's Journey Into Day South Africa faces its racist past
Lumumba: la mort du prophète (Lumumba: Death of a Prophet)
Rouch in Reverse
Rostov-Luanda
O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno (Napumoceno's Will)
Udju Azul di Yonta (The Blue Eyes of Yonta)
La vie sur terre (Life on Earth)

(See also W.E.B. DuBois)


Economic Development
Faat Kine
Femmes aux yeux ouverts (Women With Open Eyes)
La petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun)
Sango Malo (The Village Teacher)
Ta Dona
Tableau Ferraille
La tête dans les nuages (Head in the Clouds)
Zan Boko

Introduction to Contemporary Africa
Afrique, je te plumerai
Bye Bye Africa
Chef! (Chief!)
Clando
Daresalam
Divine Carcasse
Faat Kine
Long Night's Journey Into Day South Africa faces its racist past
Nuba Conversations
Le petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun)
Prime Time South Africa
Rostov-Luanda
Tableau Ferraille
La tête dans les nuages (Head in the Clouds)
La vie sur terre (Life on Earth)

Music and Popular Culture
Bye Bye Africa
Ça Twiste à Poponguine (Rocking Popenguine)
In a Time of Violence
Fintnar O Destino (Dribbling Fate)
The Language You Cry In
Mapantsula (Hustler)
On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
Le petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun)
Pièces d'identités
Prime Time South Africa
Tableau Ferraille
Thunderbolt
La vie est belle (Life is Rosy)
Woubi Cheri
You Africa!
Zan Boko (Homeland)

People, Folklore and Myth
Angano...Angano (Tales from Madagascar)
Divine Carcasse
Fary L'Anesse (Fary the Donkey)
La Gènese (Genesis)
Guimba the Tyrant
Kafi's Story
Keïta (The Heritage of the Griot)
The Language You Cry In
Monday's Girls
Nuba Conversation
Pieces d’identites
Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer (When the Stars Meet the Sea)
Rouch in Reverse
Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power)
Wend Kuuni (God's Gift)


Politics and Government
Afrique, je te plumerai (Africa, I Will Fleece You)
Allah Tantou (God's Will)
Chef! (Chief!)
Clando
Daresalam
Faat Kine
Guimba the Tyrant
Long Night's Journey Into Day South Africa faces its racist past
Lumumba: la mort du prophète (Lumumba: Death of a Prophet)
Mortu Nega (Those Whom Death Refused)
Nuba Conversations
Patient Abuse: South Africa's Struggle for AIDS Treatment
Rostov-Luanda
Tableau Ferraille


Tradition and Modernity
Divine Carcasse
Faat Kine
Hyenas
Kafi's Story
Picc Mi (Little Bird)
Pièces d'identités
Rouch in Reverse
Saaraba (Utopia)
SangoMalo (The Village Teacher)
Ta Dona (Fire!)
Thunderbolt
La vie sur terre (Life on Earth)
Zan Boko (Homeland)

South Africa - Overcoming Apartheid
In a Time of Violence
Long Night's Journey Into Day South Africa faces its racist past
On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
Prime Time South Africa
South Africa Belongs to Us
A Walk in the Night
You Have Struck a Rock!

Urban Studies
Clando
Everyone’s Child
Faat Kine
Le Franc
Hyenas
In a Time of Violence
Mapantsula (Hustler)
La petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun)
La tête dans les nuages (Head in the Clouds)
Udju Azul di Yonta (The Blue Eyes of Yonta)
A Walk in the Night
Zan Boko (Homeland)

Women and Gender Studies
Africa Dreaming
Chef! (Chief!)
Dakan
Faat Kine
Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts (Women With Open Eyes)
Finzan (A Dance for the Heroes)
The Gaze of the Stars (from Africa Dreaming)
Kafi's Story
La petite vendeuse de Soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun)
Monday's Girls
Patient Abuse: South Africa's Struggle for AIDS Treatment
Sabriya (from Africa Dreaming)
Sophia's Homecoming (from Africa Dreaming)
Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power)
These Hands
Thunderbolt
Woubi Cheri