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01 February 2025

Three Powerful Films From South Africa, Kenya, and Sudan Showing at Sundance 2025

'B(l)ind The Sacrifice,* How to Build a Library'* and 'Khartoum' offer intimate portraits of survival, transformation, and hope, bringing African experiences to a global stage.

Filmmakers Maia Lekow and Christopher King with cameras outside the McMillan Memorial Library during its annual gala.

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24 January 2025

Nairobi Filmmakers Christopher King and Maia Lekow Premiere Documentary at Sundance

Eight years in the making, 'How to Build A Library' follows the restoration of the storied McMillan Library and the dynamic women leading the charge.

In His New Short Film ‘Is It War?’ Timeea Mohamed Reflects on Existence in Exile

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22 May 2025

In His New Short Film ‘Is It War?’ Timeea Mohamed Reflects on Existence in Exile

Taking an experimental approach, the ‘Khartoum’ co-director returns to the experience and repercussions of the ongoing war in Sudan.

This is a still from ‘Mothers of Chibok,’ a documentary by Joel ‘Kachi Benson.

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19 June 2025

‘Mothers of Chibok,’ a Documentary Highlighting Women’s Resilience after the Kidnapping Crisis, Is Coming to South Africa’s Encounters Documentary Festival

Joel ‘Kachi Benson’s documentary focuses on four mothers whose daughters were kidnapped as “women bravely holding onto hope in the face of adversity.”

With 'My Father's Shadow,' a Pair of Nigerian Brothers Is Making Cannes History

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15 May 2025

With 'My Father's Shadow,' a Pair of Nigerian Brothers Is Making Cannes History

Filmmakers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies will premiere their feature at the prestigious film festival this weekend, hoping to drive conversations around fatherhood and nationalism.

A close-up shot of two boys, one wearing a white tank top and one a yellow t-shirt, carrying plastic bottles in sacks on their backs.

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24 February 2025

‘Khartoum’ Wins Peace Film Prize at 75th Berlinale, Receiving Recognition for Its Political Urgency and Poetry

In this groundbreaking documentary, a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys from Sudan’s war-torn capital share their stories in search of freedom.

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16 April 2025

What It’s Like To … Build and Run a Pan-African Bookstore in Nairobi

Kenya’s Muthoni Muiruri on co-founding Soma Nami, Nairobi’s only female-owned Pan-African bookstore, and creating space for African literature to thrive.

In ‘Matabeleland,’ a Zimbabwean Filmmaker Confronts an Unburied Past

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03 April 2025

In ‘Matabeleland,’ a Zimbabwean Filmmaker Confronts an Unburied Past

With her feature documentary debut, director Nyasha Kadandara tells a powerful story of one man’s search for healing in a country still reckoning with its past.

Director/writer Souleymane Cisse speaks onstage at the Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Souleymane Cisse With Martin Scorsese during the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theater on April 29, 2011 in New York City.

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20 February 2025

Tributes Roll in for Pioneer of African Cinema, Souleymane Cissé

Cissé was the first African filmmaker to win the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, for his 1987 seminal masterpiece, ‘Yeleen.’

Man riding a giant white bird over a dreamy sepia-toned aerial cityscape.

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18 January 2025

Nine African Films Showing at the 2025 Berlinale

The African representation at this year’s Berlinale is a mix of dramas, documentaries, and short features.

Mati Diop speaks at the ‘Dahomey’ screening during the 62nd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on September 28, 2024, in New York City.

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13 March 2025

10 Films to See at the 2025 New African Film Festival

The New African Film Festival returns to Washington, D.C. for its 21st edition, with a stacked list of must-see films.

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18 December 2024

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Three Powerful Films From South Africa, Kenya, and Sudan Showing at Sundance 2025

'B(l)ind The Sacrifice,* How to Build a Library'* and 'Khartoum' offer intimate portraits of survival, transformation, and hope, bringing African experiences to a global stage.

Nairobi Filmmakers Christopher King and Maia Lekow Premiere Documentary at Sundance

Eight years in the making, 'How to Build A Library' follows the restoration of the storied McMillan Library and the dynamic women leading the charge.

In His New Short Film ‘Is It War?’ Timeea Mohamed Reflects on Existence in Exile

Taking an experimental approach, the ‘Khartoum’ co-director returns to the experience and repercussions of the ongoing war in Sudan.

‘Mothers of Chibok,’ a Documentary Highlighting Women’s Resilience after the Kidnapping Crisis, Is Coming to South Africa’s Encounters Documentary Festival

Joel ‘Kachi Benson’s documentary focuses on four mothers whose daughters were kidnapped as “women bravely holding onto hope in the face of adversity.”

With 'My Father's Shadow,' a Pair of Nigerian Brothers Is Making Cannes History

Filmmakers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies will premiere their feature at the prestigious film festival this weekend, hoping to drive conversations around fatherhood and nationalism.

‘Khartoum’ Wins Peace Film Prize at 75th Berlinale, Receiving Recognition for Its Political Urgency and Poetry

In this groundbreaking documentary, a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys from Sudan’s war-torn capital share their stories in search of freedom.

What It’s Like To … Build and Run a Pan-African Bookstore in Nairobi

Kenya’s Muthoni Muiruri on co-founding Soma Nami, Nairobi’s only female-owned Pan-African bookstore, and creating space for African literature to thrive.

In ‘Matabeleland,’ a Zimbabwean Filmmaker Confronts an Unburied Past

With her feature documentary debut, director Nyasha Kadandara tells a powerful story of one man’s search for healing in a country still reckoning with its past.

Tributes Roll in for Pioneer of African Cinema, Souleymane Cissé

Cissé was the first African filmmaker to win the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, for his 1987 seminal masterpiece, ‘Yeleen.’

Nine African Films Showing at the 2025 Berlinale

The African representation at this year’s Berlinale is a mix of dramas, documentaries, and short features.

10 Films to See at the 2025 New African Film Festival

The New African Film Festival returns to Washington, D.C. for its 21st edition, with a stacked list of must-see films.

The 10 Best African Documentaries of 2024

These groundbreaking African documentaries illuminate diverse struggles, resilience, and hope.

Search results for: Sundance

'B(l)ind The Sacrifice, How to Build a Library' and 'Khartoum' offer intimate portraits of survival, transformation, and hope, bringing African experiences to a global stage.

Eight years in the making, 'How to Build A Library' follows the restoration of the storied McMillan Library and the dynamic women leading the charge.

Taking an experimental approach, the ‘Khartoum’ co-director returns to the experience and repercussions of the ongoing war in Sudan.

Joel ‘Kachi Benson’s documentary focuses on four mothers whose daughters were kidnapped as “women bravely holding onto hope in the face of adversity.”

Filmmakers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies will premiere their feature at the prestigious film festival this weekend, hoping to drive conversations around fatherhood and nationalism.

In this groundbreaking documentary, a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys from Sudan’s war-torn capital share their stories in search of freedom.

Kenya’s Muthoni Muiruri on co-founding Soma Nami, Nairobi’s only female-owned Pan-African bookstore, and creating space for African literature to thrive.

With her feature documentary debut, director Nyasha Kadandara tells a powerful story of one man’s search for healing in a country still reckoning with its past.

Cissé was the first African filmmaker to win the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, for his 1987 seminal masterpiece, ‘Yeleen.’

The African representation at this year’s Berlinale is a mix of dramas, documentaries, and short features.

The New African Film Festival returns to Washington, D.C. for its 21st edition, with a stacked list of must-see films.

These groundbreaking African documentaries illuminate diverse struggles, resilience, and hope.

'B(l)ind The Sacrifice,* How to Build a Library'* and 'Khartoum' offer intimate portraits of survival, transformation, and hope, bringing African experiences to a global stage.