Tilai (The Law)
(1990) [PG]

When a man returns home to his African village he discovers that his father has married his fiancee. Still in love they start to see each other again.... Burkinabe dialogue with English subtitles.  More

The Gods Must Be Crazy
(1989) [PG]

A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from. Meanwhile, we are...  More

Yaaba
(1989) [PG]

The title of the Burkina Faso-produced Yaaba translates to "Grandmother." That character, played by Fatimata Sanga, has been accused of witchcraft by her village. In fact, Sanga is a kindly, serene old woman, perhaps the wisest person in the community. Only Bila (Noufou Ouedraogo), a troubled and...  More

Mapantsula
(1988) [M]

Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. South African Oliver Schmitz directs a remarkable account of township life under...  More

Halfaouine
(1990) [M]

A young Arab boy learns about the sexes whilst visiting a public bath-house with his mother. Arabic dialogue with subtitles.  More

Camera Afrique / Camera Arabe
(1983) [G]

Two documentaries which explore the cinematic histories of African and Arab cultures. French dialogue with English subtitles and narration.  More

Amandla
(2002) [PG]

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a soul-stirring and inspirational film that tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. The first film to specifically consider the music that sustained and galvanized black South Africans for...  More

Tsotsi
(2005) [M]

In a shantytown on the edges of Johannesburg, South Africa, nineteen year old Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) has repressed any memory of his past, including his real name: "Tsotsi" simply means "thug" or "gangster" in the street language of the ghetto. Orphaned at an early age and compelled to...  More

The Gods Must Be Crazy II
(1989) [PG]

Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having...  More