Nii Kwate Owoo, Ghana, 1970 SYNOPSIS: In 1970, young Ghanaian filmmaker Nii Kwate Owoo was granted access to film for a day inside the storage rooms of the British Museum in London, where tens of thousands of ancient African artworks were hidden from public view....
Issiaka Konaté, Burkina Faso, 1989 SYNOPSIS: Mahama Konaté, a great Burkinabè musician, introduces his son to traditional culture and music by teaching him how to play the balafon. This film explores the socio-cultural significance of the balafon, a traditional...
Stéphane Vieyra et Dom Fred, sénégal/France, 2025
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Senegal, 1961 SYNOPSIS The journey of Senegal from colonization to national sovereignty, depicted in an allegorical manner. This film was made at the dawn of Senegal’s independence. BIOFILMOGRAPHY Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925-1987) was a...
Djalma Fettermann/Flora Gomes/ Jose Bolama/ Josefina Crato/ Sana Na N’Hada, Guiné Bissau, 1976 SYNOPSIS The first production by Guinean film-makers after the liberation from Portuguese colonialism in 1974, O Regresso de Amílcar Cabral documents the transferral...
Divers, Tchad, 1960
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