Filmography

Here are all of the films that have been shown at CFAF each year. The films with asterisks (*) are available at the PCC Library. The African Film Collection is a complete listing of films available in the PCC library catalog. If you are not a PCC student, inquire about a guest library card.

FILM DIRECTOR COUNTRY

1991 Camp at Thiaroye* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Faces of Women Désiré Ecaré Ivory Coast
La Vie Est Belle* Mweze Ngangura Congo/Zaire
Yeelen* Souleymane Cissé Mali

1992 Angano Angano* César Paes Madagascar
Finzan* Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali
My Dinner With the Devil Snake* Jim Blashfield USA
Xala Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Yaaba* Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso

1993 Harvest 3000 Years Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Sango Malo* Bassek ba Kobhio Cameroon
Tilai/The Law* Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso
Wend Kuuni* Gaston Kaboré Burkina Faso
Zan Boko* Gaston Kaboré Burkina Faso

1994 Guelwaar* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Kasarmu Ce* Saddik Balewa Nigeria
Neria* Godwin Mawuru Zimbabwe
Nightmare in Paradise Hilton Fyle Sierra Leone
Touki Bouki* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal

1995 Mandabi Ousmane Sembène Senegal
More Time Isaac Mabhikwa Zimbabwe
Samba Traoré Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
These Hands* Flora M’mbugu-Schelling Tanzania
Women with Open Eyes* Anne-Laure Folly Togo

1996 Blue Eyes of Yonta, The* Flora Gomes Guinea-Bissau
From Sun-Up* Flora M’mbugu-Schelling Tanzania
Gito the Ungrateful* Leonce Ngabo Burundi
Hyenas* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Keita* Dani Kouyaté Burkina Faso
Monday’s Girls* Ngozi Onwurah Nigeria

1997 Ça Twiste à Poponguine* Moussa Sene Absa Senegal
Ceddo Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Guimba the Tyrant* Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali
Sarraounia Med Hondo Mauritania
Silences of the Palace, The Moufida Tlatli Tunisia
You Africa!* Ndiouga Moctar Bâ Senegal

1998 Adama, the Fulani Musician* Taale Laafi Rosellini Burkina Faso
Clando* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Deluge* Salem Mekuria Ethiopia/USA
Flame* Ingrid Sinclair Zimbabwe
Grt Grt Grt Grandparents’ Music* Taale Laafi Rosellini Burkina Faso
Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné* Bassek ba Kobhio Cameroon/Gabon
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
Through the Door of No Return* Shirikiana Aina USA/Ghana
When the Stars Meet the Sea* Raymond Rajaonarivelo Madagascar

1999 Aristotle’s Plot* Jean-Pierre Bekolo Cameroon/Zimbabwe
Everyone’s Child* Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe
Faraw! Mother of the Dunes* Abbdoulaye Ascofaré Mali
Fary, L’Anesse* Mansour Sora Wade Senegal
Kini and Adams Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso/Zimbabwe
Land/Al-Ard, The* Youssef Chahine Egypt
Mortu Nega* Flora Gomes Guinea-Bissau
My Dinner With the Devil Snake* Jim Blashfield USA
Oggun: An Eternal Presence* Gloria Rolando Cuba
Picc Mi/Little Bird* Mansour Sora Wade Senegal
Taafe Fanga* Adama Drabo Mali
Tableau Ferraille* Moussa Sene Absa Senegal

2000 Bab El-Oued City* Merzak Allouache Algeria
Crossroads of People* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Destiny* Youssef Chahine Egypt
Fools Ramadan Suleman South Africa
Heritage Africa* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Honey and Ashes* Nadia Fares Tunisia
Kirikou & the Sorceress* Michel Ocelot France
Last Angel of History, The* John Akomfrah Ghana/UK
Life on Earth* Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Love Brewed in the African Pot* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Maangamizi* Mulvihill, Mhando Tanzania
Pièces d’Identités/ID* Mweze Ngangura Congo/DRC
Saikati the Enkabaani* Anne G. Mungai Kenya
Tumult/Gir-Gir Yemane I. Demissie Ethiopia

2001 Battle of the Sacred Tree, The* Wanjiru Kinyanjui Kenya
Bye Bye Africa* Mahamat Saleh Haroun Chad
Chef/Chief* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Dolly and The Inkspots* Jurgen Schadeberg South Africa
Family Across the Sea* Tim Carrier Sierra Leone/USA
Fintar O Destino* Fernando Vendrell Cape Verde
Genesis* Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali
Halfaouine* Ferid Boughedir Tunisia
Head in the Clouds* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Hyenas* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Jim Comes to Jo’burg* Donald Swanson South Africa
Kafi’s Story* Arthur Howes Sudan/UK
Kirikou and the Sorceress* Michel Ocelot France
Language You Cry In, The* A. Toepke, Serrano Sierra Leone/Spain
Le Franc* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Little Girl Who Sold the Sun, The* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Long Night’s Journey into Day* F. Reid, D. Hoffmann South Africa/USA
Mossane Safi Faye Senegal
Nuba Conversations* Arthur Howes Sudan/UK
Sambizanga Sarah Maldoror Angola
Touki Bouki* Djibril Diop Mambety Senegal
Yellow Card* John Riber Zimbabwe

2002 A Door to the Sky* Farida Ben Lyzaid Morocco
Adanggaman Roger Gnoan M’Bala Ivory Coast
Boesman and Lena* John Berry South Africa/USA
Bopha! Morgan Freeman South Africa/USA
Dakan/Destiny* Mohamed Camara Guinea
Diamonds, Guns, Rice* Jan Haaken Sierra Leone/USA
Endurance Leslie Woodhead Ethiopia/USA
Faat Kine* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Lumumba* Raoul Peck Congo/Haiti
Naked Spaces: Living Is Round* Trinh T. Minh-ha West Africa/USA
Our Friends at the Bank* Peter Chappell Uganda/France
Out in Africa* Johnny Symons South Africa/Zim/USA
Season of Men, The Moufida Tlatli Tunisia
Sirga: The Lion Child Patrick Grandperret Ivory Coast/Mali/France
Steve Biko: Beacon of Hope* Nkosinathi Biko South Africa
T.G.V. Moussa Touré Senegal
Thunderbolt* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Woubi Cheri* P. Brooks, L. Bocahut Ivory Coast/France

2003 Adwa: An African Victory* Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Bilalian Aminah AbdulJabbaar USA/Senegal/Gambia
Camp at Thiaroye* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Christopher Changes His Name Cilia Sawadogo Burkina Faso/Canada
Closed Doors, The* Atef Hetata Egypt
Cora Player, The Cilia Sawadogo Burkina Faso/Canada
Daresalam* Issa Serge Coelo Chad
It’s My Life* Brian Tilley South Africa
Karmen Geï* Joseph Gaï Ramaka Senegal
Kirikou & the Sorceress* Michel Ocelot France
Mama Africa, Pt. I* Pickering et al. Namibia/Nigeria/S. Africa
Middle Passage* Guy Deslauriers Martinique
Naguib Mahfouz* Francka Mouloudi Egypt
Nelio’s Story* Solveig Nordlund Mozambique/Sweden
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
Satin Rouge Raja Amari Tunisia
Scenarios from the Sahel* West African directors Mali/Senegal/B. Faso
Sia, The Myth of the Python* Dani Kouyaté Burkina Faso
Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt* Michal Goldman Egypt

2004 A Summer in La Goulette* Férid Boughedir Tunisia
Abouna/Our Father* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Stree Nabil Ayouch Morocco
Amandla! Revolution in Four-Part Harmony* Lee Hirsch South Africa
Beat of Distant Hearts, The* Danielle Smith Western Sahara/Algeria
Benjamin & His Brother* Arthur Howes Sudan/UK/USA
Bitter Cane* Jacques Arcelin Haiti
Haiti: Dreams of Democracy* Jonathan Demme Haiti/UK
Imperfect Journey* Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Inch’Allah Dimanche* Yamina Benguigui Algeria
Little Senegal* Rachid Bouchareb Algeria/Senegal/USA
Mama Africa, Part II* Fanta Nacro et al. B.F./Zimbabwe/Tunisia
Man by the Shor, The* Raoul Peck Haiti
Nightjohn* Charles Burnett USA
Price of Forgiveness, The* Mansour Sora Wade Senegal
Song of Umm Dalaila, The* Danielle Smith Western Sahara/Algeria
Waiting for Happiness* Abderrahmane Sissako Mauritania

2005 Afro@Digital* Bakupa-Kanyinda Congo/France
Baara/The Porter* Souleymane Cissé Mali
Cosmic Africa* Craig & Damon Foster South Africa
Daughters of the Dust* Julie Dash USA
Dôlè/Money* Imunga Ivanga Gabon
Father, The * Ermias Woldeamlak Ethiopia
Finye/The Wind* Souleymane Cissé Mali
Forest, The* B. Kobhio, Ouénangaré CAR/Cameroon/Gabon
Life & Times of Sara Baartman, The* Zola Maseko South Africa
Madame Brouette Moussa Sene Absa Senegal
Marriage of Mariamu, The* R. Mulvihill, N. Ng’oge Tanzania/USA
Moolaadé Ousmane Sembène Senegal
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom* L. Demoz, E. Simonson South Africa
Rachida* Yamina Bachir-Chouikh Algeria
Return of Sara Baartman, The* Zola Maseko South Africa
Shanda* John & Louise Riber Zimbabwe
Sisters of the Screen* Beti Ellerson West Africa/USA
Soldiers of the Rock* Norman Maake South Africa
Surrender* Celine Gilbert Tanzania
Waati/Time Souleymane Cissé Mali
Yeelen/Brightness* Souleymane Cissé Mali

2006 Africa: Open for Business Carol Pineau Various African countries
All About Darfur* Taghreed Elsanhouri Sudan/UK
Ball, The* Orlando Mesquita Mozambique
Coming to England Keith Taylor Trinidad/UK
Darwin’s Nightmare Hubert Sauper Tanzania/Austria/France
Forgotten Root, The* Raphael Rebollar Mexico
From Florida to Coahuila* Raphael Rebollar Mexico
Heritage* Ladi Ladebo Nigeria
Hero / O Heroi, The* Zézé Gamboa Angola
Hollow City* Maria João Ganga Mozambique
Hot Chili* Moabi Mogorosi Botswana
In Rwanda We Say…* Anne Aghion Rwanda
Kare Kare Zvako* Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe
Keepers of Memory* Eric Kabera Rwanda
Ko-Falen/The Gift Exchange Baba Wagué Diakité USA/Mali
Kuxa Kanema/The Birth of Cinema* Margarida Cardoso Mozambique
Living with Slim: Kids Talk about AIDS* Sam Kauffmann Uganda
Maluala* Sergio Giral Cuba
Other World, The* Merzak Allouache Algeria
Sky in Her Eyes, The* O. Smit, M. Ncayiyana South Africa
Sometimes in April* Raoul Peck Rwanda
Sophia’s Homecoming* Richard Pakleppa Namibia
State of Denial* Elaine Epstein South Africa
Tahara* Sara Rashad USA/Egypt
Tasuma, The Fighter* Daniel Kollo Sanou Burkina Faso
Welcome to Mali Penda Diakité USA/Mali
Yesterday Darrell Roodt South Africa

2007 A Child’s Love Story* Ben Diogaye Beye Senegal
Al’lèèssi…An African Actress* Rahmatou Keita Niger
Bedwin Hacker* Nadia El Fani Tunisia
Black Gold* M. Francis, N. Francis UK/Ethiopia
Borders/Frontières* Mostefa Djadjam Algeria
Crossroads of People* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Delwende* S. Pierre Yameogo Burkina Faso
Drum* Zola Maseko South Africa
Golden Stool, The* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts M. Ocelot, B. Galup France
Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema* Margarida Cardoso Mozambique
Love Brewed in the African Pot* Kwaw P. Ansah Ghana
Nha Fala/My Voice* Flora Gomes Guinea Bissau
Night of Truth, The* Fanta Régina Nacro Burkina Faso
Ochre and Water* C. Matthew, J Chesselet Namibia
Scent of Oak/Roble de Olor Rigoberto López Pego Cuba
Sisters In Law* K. Longinotto, F. Ayisi Cameroon
That’s My Face/É Minha Cara* Thomas Allen Harris USA/Brazil
Tsotsi* Gavin Hood South Africa
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela* Thomas Allen Harris USA/South Africa

2008 34 South* Maganthrie Pillay South Africa
Alex’s Wedding Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Bamako* Abderrahmane Sissako Mali
Black Girl/La Noire de…* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Borom Sarret* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Colonial Misunderstanding* Jean-Marie Teno Cameroon
Daratt/Dry Season* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Days of Glory/Indigènes Rachid Bouchareb Algeria
Devil Came on Horseback, The Sundberg,Stern Sudan/USA
Ezra* Newton Aduaka Nigeria
Guelwaar* Ousmane Sembène Senegal
In the Shadow of Hollywood* Brad Osborne USA
Kinshasa Palace Zeka Laplaine D.R. Congo/France
Legend of the Sky Kingdom, The* Roger Hawkins Zimbabwe
Lion Mountains, The* Louis Buckley Sierra Leone/UK
Masaï : The Rain Warriors* Pascal Plisson Kenya
Moving to the Beat Heymann, Fofanah Sierra Leone/USA
Narrow Path, The* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Red Glasses, The Yinka Djin Ghana
Sweet Crude Sandy Cioffi Nigeria/USA
This Is Nollywood* Franco Sacchi Nigeria
Under the Moonlight* Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso
Wooden Camera, The Ntshavheni wa Luruli South Africa
Zanzibar Soccer Queens* Florence Ayisi Zanzibar

2009 A Love During the War Osvalde Lewat-Hallade Congo/Cameroon
Abeni* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Africa Paradis Sylvestre Amoussou Benin/France
As Old As My Tongue – Bi Kidude* Andy Jones Tanzania/UK
Awaiting for Men* Katy Léna N’Diaye Mauritania/Belgium
Azur & Asmar* Michel Ocelot France
Bab’Aziz* Nacer Khemir Tunisia
Clouds Over Conakry Cheick F. Camara Guinea
Cuba: An African Odyssey Jihan El-Tahri France/Egypt
Death of Two Sons* Micah Schaffer USA/Guinea
Enough!/Barakat!* Djamila Sahraoui Algeria
Fallen Beats, The* Dhaba Wayessa Ethiopia/USA
FESPACO* Kevin Arcadie Burkina Faso/USA
Iron Ladies of Liberia* S. S. Johnson, D. Junge Liberia/USA
Menged* Daniel Taye Workou Ethiopia
Meokgo & the Stick Fighter* Teboho Mahlatsi South Africa/Lesotho
Meteni The Lost One* Wondwossen Deress Ethiopia
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation Charles Burnett Namibia
Nightjohn* Charles Burnett USA
No Time To Die King Ampaw Ghana
Taarab: An Ocean of Melodies* Abdulkadir Ahmed Said Tanzania/South Africa
World Unseen, The Shamim Sarif South Africa
Zaïna: Rider of the Atlas Bourlem Guerdjou Morocco

2010 Adieu Mères/Goodbye Mothers* Mohamed Ismail Morocco
Adios Momo* Leonardo Ricagni Uruguay
Behind the Rainbow Jihan El-Tahri S. Africa/Egypt/France
Coming of Age* Judy Kibinge Kenya
Democracy in Dakar* Herson et al. Senegal/USA
Divizionz* Yes! That’s Us Uganda
Fighting Spirit, The* George Amponsah Ghana/UK
From a Whisper* Wanuri Kahiu Kenya
Movement (R)Evolution Africa Joan Frosch African countries/USA
My Neighbor, My Killer* Anne Aghion Rwanda/France
Nora A. Kovgan, D. Hinton Mozambique/USA
Nothing But the Truth* John Kani South Africa
Obara & the Merchants Manauvaskar Kublall USA
Paris or Nothing Joséphine Ndagnou Cameroon/France
Princess of the Sun Philippe Leclerc France
Sankofa* Haile Gerima Ghana/Jamaica/USA
Senegalese Women & Islam* Angèle Diabang Brener Senegal
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad/France
Teza Haile Gerima Ethiopia/Germany
Water First* Amy Hart Malawi/USA
Wrestling Grounds* Cheikh A. Ndiaye Senegal
Yacoubian Building, The Marwan Hamed Egypt
Yandé Codou* Angèle Diabang Brener Senegal

2011 A Screaming Man* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Abouna/Our Father* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
Arugba* Tunde Kelani Nigeria
Athlete, The R. Lakew, D. Frankel Ethiopia
Burning in the Sun* C. Matlow, M.Robinson Mali/USA
Fantan Fanga/Power of the Poor A. Drabo, L. Diakité Mali
Imani Caroline Kamya Uganda
In My Genes* Lupita Nyong’o Kenya
Les Saignantes/The Bloodettes* Jean-Pierre Békolo Cameroon
Masquerades* Lyès Salem Algeria
Me Broni Ba/My White Baby* Akosua Adoma Owusu Ghana
Ousmane/Deweneti* Dyana Gaye Senegal
Pumzi Wanuri Kahui Kenya
Saint Louis Blues* Dyana Gaye Senegal
Sotigui Kouyaté: A Modern Griot* Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France/Mali
Stolen* V. Ayala, D. Fallshaw Algeria/Australia
Streetball* Demetrius Wren South Africa/USA
Waliden/Children of Others* Awa Traoré Mali
White Lion Michael Swan South Africa
White Wedding* Jann Turner South Africa