The well-known story about legendary musician Fela Kuti’s mother gets a fresh take in Nigerian director Bolanle Austen-Peters’ latest movie.
We spoke to Kenyan wildlife director Faith Musembi about daring to let your voice be heard and her work on the Angela Bassett-narrated seven-part series, Queens, premiering March 4th.
The documentary, titled 'Stylebender,' will approach UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in terms of showing his vulnerability, his fears and struggles especially around stepping up into that new level of fame.
The Cameroon-born filmmaker started out making a completely different documentary from the one that’s been earning much acclaim at film festivals across the world.
The South African filmmaker's documentary feature, which is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, is a deeply personal film that touches on her life growing up in the Transkei, before it was incorporated into post-apartheid South Africa.
Featuring Music Is Life, African Moot, Cesária Évora and many more.
Pioneering amapiano deejay, Stokie's newly released documentary 'iPiano eSoweto' details his musical journey through his lens and that of friends, peers and fans.
South African avant-garde artist Umlilo captures the political nuances of queer experiences in the documentary Mask.
The 'Liyadlal'iPiano' docu-series does a good job at telling the backstory and developments of amapiano by interviewing some of the genre's pioneers and participants, as well as some industry veterans and insiders.
'Afrobeats: The Backstory' is a documentary premiering next month which chronicles the birth and rise of Africa's biggest genre and its superstars.
In celebration of this year's African Film Festival, here are 6 must-see films from their prestigious Shorts Programme.
Nasty C takes over Japan and makes a number of impressive moves in his new Netflix documentary titled 'Zulu Man in Japan'.
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