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Film + TV

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.

Film + TV

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.

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.

Film + TV

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.

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

Film + TV

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.

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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.

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.’

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.

Film + TV

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.

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

Film + TV

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.

Film + TV

18 December 2024

The 10 Best African Documentaries of 2024

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

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04 October 2024

What to Watch in North Africa This October

October pulls you into the stories of chefs, cops and aliens in North Africa.

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Profiles & Interviews

01 November 2024

Johan Grimonprez’s ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Details the Origins of Congo Crisis

The filmmaker masterfully weaves together colonial cruelty, Western callousness, the singular power of music, and women’s role in revolutions.

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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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.’

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.

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.

The 10 Best African Documentaries of 2024

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

What to Watch in North Africa This October

October pulls you into the stories of chefs, cops and aliens in North Africa.

Johan Grimonprez’s ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Details the Origins of Congo Crisis

The filmmaker masterfully weaves together colonial cruelty, Western callousness, the singular power of music, and women’s role in revolutions.

Seven Must-See Afrofuturist Films

These films merge culture, technology and mythology, reimagining Black narratives and pushing the limits of the speculative on screen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

October pulls you into the stories of chefs, cops and aliens in North Africa.

The filmmaker masterfully weaves together colonial cruelty, Western callousness, the singular power of music, and women’s role in revolutions.

These films merge culture, technology and mythology, reimagining Black narratives and pushing the limits of the speculative on screen.

'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.