African Films Movies and Video on the Internet

Accces Cinema Africain/African Film Access, Montreal: Festival to Use French " to explore contemporary film and video from Africa [and the Caribbean] as unique documents for research and study." Presented by Vues d'Afrique and the Penobscot School, Rockland, Maine, USA. http://www.cinema-africain.org/

Adanggaman: "The origins of the 17th century West African slave trade are vividly dramatized in Adanggaman, a controversial story which looks at the role black Africans had in the enslavement of their own people." By Ivory Coast director, Roger Gnoan M'Bala. Distributed by New Yorker Films which has the New York Times review of the film. [KF] http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/ See also a 2001 review in the Village Voice (New York) and excerpt from the book Focus on African Films by Françoise Pfaff.

Adwa: An African Victory: Film by Haile Gerima which "documents the victory of Ethiopian patriots over the invading colonial power of Italy at Adwa, in the northern part of Ethiopia in 1896. The victory was not only a historical landmark to Ethiopians, but became a beacon for Pan-Africanism around the world." [KF] http://sankofastore.com/catalog/homepage.php

AFNEX: In French and English. Internet television broadcasts of games of the African Champions League (2006), Africa Cup of Nations. "AFNEX est une entité de LC2 Médias, filiale du groupe LC2 TVNETELECOM qui opère dans le domaine de la télédiffusion, de la télécommunication et de l'interconnexion. Principes de fonctionnement : AFNEX "African Network and News Exchange" est le premier réseau africain permettant de reçevoir, envoyer et partager des programmes sportifs, socioculturels, économiques et politiques de la communauté africaine à travers le monde." " Les pays partenaires d'AFNEX sont les télévisions privées et/ou publiques des pays africains." Based in Paris. http://www.afnex.net/

Africa - PBS / National Geographic / Thirteen/WNET NY Television Series, Sept. 9 - Oct. 28, 2001: Eight episodes covers the Savanna and a woman moving from the city to rural life (Serengeti, Tanzania), the Sahara (a 9 year old boy from Niger crosses the desert on camel to collect and sell salt, etc. Each episode has a slide shows, video clips (requires sound card, speakers). Photoscopes cover AIDS, urban life, conflict, women. There is an African Challenge quiz and teachers' guide (in Adobe PDF).

In the Africa for Kids section on the web site, spend a day with kids from Ghana and e-mail them, play the thumb piano / record your tune, (requires Flash, sound card), listen to a Swahili tale or read it yourself, make a Dogon mask. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Africa at the Pictures (London): Promotes the appreciation and distribution of African cinema in the UK, develops education projects for university students and in collaboration with the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London. The 12 - 30 June 2002 London festival includes a workshop and seminar
http://www.africaatthepictures.co.uk/

Africa Channel: TV channel with African programming, music concerts, news, lifestyle, travel, films, soap operas. Not carried in all areas. Has shown Big Brother Africa. Rebroadcasts shows written and produced by Africans, re-edited to include commercials for American viewers. The CEO is James Makawa. Based in Los Angeles and Johannesburg. [KF] http://www.theafricachannel.com/

Africa Film & TV: Purchased by Balancing Acts' Southwood Consultants Ltd. Was a magazine and annual directory on the African TV, film, and video industry from Z Promotions Pvt. Ltd., Harare, Zimbabwe. There is now a free e-newsletter, Broadcast, Film and Convergence with information on the film industry, TV, in Africa, etc. http://www.afridigital.net/

Africa in Motion: The 2007 Edinburgh African Film Festival is October 25 - November 4, 2007. The 2006 Festival site includes descriptions of each film, press articles, audience comments, symposium, roundtables. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. http://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/

Africa in the Picture, Film Festival in the Netherlands, September 2003: In Dutch and English (click on the British flag). "more than eighty feature films, shorts, documentaries and videos made over the past four years in Africa and the African diaspora will be shown in four Dutch cities [Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague and Eindhoven]." "Africa in the Picture is an initiative of Stichting Notorious Film. The day-to-day management of Notorious Film is in the hands of Mariët Bakker (festival director)...." http://www.africainthepicture.nl

Africa Movies.com: Sells Nigerian films on video, news of the Nigerian movie industry, artist (actor) of the month feature. Film categories include Christian, Yoruba, Ibo, Horror, Cultural, Comedy, Music Videos, Romance. AfricaMovies.com is a a subsidiary of Dynamics. Based in Brooklyn, New York. Site owner is Bethels Agomuoh. [KF] http://www.africamovies.com/

Africa Productions: In French. Sells CDs and DVDs including films by Ousmane Sembène (subtitles are in French). Short preview audio clips. Art work by Sada Tall. Only those living in Europe may be able to make purchases. Based in Paris, France. [KF] http://www.africaproductions.com/

Africa TV: Free short documentaries on development issues in Africa, Kenyan athletes at the High Performance Training Centre in Eldoret, Zanzibar's old Stone Town, etc. . From Africa Interactive BV, "an media company that provides online channels with a focus on Africa." "Africa Interactive BV is a media company producing and conducting an international, interactive and multimedia platform, focussed on Africa." Connected with the AfricaInteractive Foundcation. Based in Haarlem, Netherlands. [KF] http://www.africa-interactive.net/index.php?TreeID=4

African Art Videos - Professor Christopher Roy: "videos, filmed in rural villages in Africa since 2001..." "These DVDs are especially useful to those who collect African art, who teach African art history or anthropology,....." Topics include - A Day in the Life of a Village in Africa; Death of an African King: The Funeral of the Omanhene of Techiman; The Beauty Competition of the Wodaabe People of Niger; African Art as Theater (masks); The Talking Drums of Techiman; Brewing Millet Beer in Africa, Countries covered - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger. Prof. Roy is Professor of Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City. http://www.africanartvideo.com/

African Broadcasting Network - America, ABN America: Broadcasts African movies, documentaries, music on DISH Network, Channel 749. Video previews on-line. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota. http://www.abnamerica.com/

African Cinema: Discussion forum on African film, the film industry. "The African Cinema Conference is a virtual summit on current issues, government regulations, festival offerings and other pertinent information as it relates to the distribution of African films and video productions. This unmoderated group is open to all with a strong desire to write, direct, produce and distribute African related films & videos." http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanCinemaConf/?yguid=132133628

African Cinema Summer Institute, Dakar, Senegal, June 8 to July 6, 2005: "open to US College and University faculty in the humanities and social sciences. Faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic Serving (HSI) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) are also particularly encouraged to apply." Application deadline: March 1, 2005. Directed by Mbye Cham and Manthia Diawara. "surveys the history, theories, aesthetics and criticism of African cinema from 1960 to the present." Reading list, film list. Sponsored by Howard University. [KF] http://www.coas.howard.edu/neh/

African Diasporan Film Festival: "We distribute films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe. All these films were shown during our annual African Diaspora Film Festival in New York." From ArtMattan Productions. http://www.AfricanFilm.com

African Family Film Foundation: Brief descriptions of films by Santa Cruz, Calif. filmmaker, Taale Laafi Rosellini - Adama, the Fulani Magician (22 minutes), Diro and His Talking Musical Bow (11 min.), Dance of the Bella (11 min.) http://www.africanfamily.org/

African Marketplace - Los Angeles: Annual African festival in Los Angeles, California. African clothing, crafts, music, film festival, children's activities. http://www.africanmarketplace.org/

African Movie Academy Awards: Brings "together filmmakers, directors, producers, make-up artists and actors from across the African continent, has been held in Bayelsa [Nigeria] since the first edition of the event in 2005." Based in Lagos, Nigeria. http://www.ama-awards.com/

African Movies Direct: Sells videos from Nigeria, Ghana, African soccer films, etc. Based in San Diego, CA. http://www.africanmoviesdirect.com/

African Music Videos of the Week: Watch African music videos. Kenyan, South African, Nigerian, Ghanian, Zambian, Ugandan, Tanzanian, etc. Site maintained by Michael Schneider. http://www.michIV.de

African Online Shop - African Films: Sells Nigerian films in DVD/VCD format. Includes brief story synopses. The African Shop also sells, books, music, fabric, and fashion. Based in Norcross, Georgia, U.S. http://www.over2u.com/shop/african_films.html

The African Script Development Fund: "Assists the training of African writers to develop professional standard film and television screenplays" and assists with marketing and distribution. Sponsors workshops for African writers from several countries.Information on applying to the workshop is provided. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe. http://www.icon.co.zw/asdf

African Studies Videos - U.C. Berkeley: An annotated list of the Africa-related videos and audiocassettes in the Univ. of California, Berkeley Media Resource Center. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/AfricanVid.html

African Union of Broadcasting: Formerly Union of National Radio and Television Organizations of Africa, URTNA. Based in Dakar, Senegal. http://www.urtna.org/

African Video Film Arts Festival, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, October 28-31, 2007: http://www.geocities.com/africanvideofest/africanvideofest.html

African Women in Cinema Project - Beti Ellerson: "guide for researching and teaching African Women Cinema Studies, with a guide to the film and book, Sisters of the Screen as well as a timeline. Includes bibliographies, filmography, suggested films, excerpts from comments by women directors, web sites. Dr. Ellerson is a Lecturer in Art History, Howard University, Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.africanwomenincinema.org/

The Africans: Information on ordering the video series and study guides for the 9-program series hosted by Prof. Ali Mazrui. "Take a journey to 16 African countries to examine the major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western culture, and the Islamic religion." Produced by WETA/Washington, DC, and the BBC. 1986. http://www.learner.org/resources/resource.html?uid=8

Africast: Subscription TV from Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana. Watch Movies, dramas, entertainment specials, documentaries on your computer. Sample free short film clips and previews from films. Purchase DVDs/videos ($80-$200). Short profiles of film directors. [Best if you have a fast internet connection.] Based in Westport, Connecticut. Produced by Africast Global Media, Inc., a Delaware Corporation formed in February, 2004.[KF] http://www.africast.tv/

Africultures, le mensuel des cultures africaines (Les Pilles, Nyons, France): Mainly in French, some articles in English. Site for the print journal. Articles on African films, film festivals, French television programs on Africa, etc. Covers arts, literature, cinema, music, theater. http://www.africultures.com

afrique-cinema: In French. Discussion group on African cinema, sponsored by Ecrans-Nord-Sud. http://www.egroups.fr/group/afrique-cinema

Afro Hollywood (London): A United Kingdom based film, television and publishing company. http://www.afrohollywood.co.uk/

Afrovision TV: In French, English, and other languages. Free African music videos, TV news from Cameroun, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Reuters, TV5 (French). Movies (some free, some for pay), soccer / football (mainly grainy highlights, in English or French). E-mail video links to friends or put a link on your blog or web page. Upload your own videos. Based in the U.S. http://www.afrovision.tv/

AllAfricanMovies: Sells DVDs, videos. Prices not given. Has Customer Reviews. Location of site not indicated. http://www.allafricanmovies.com/index.php

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-part Harmony: Director: Lee Hirsch. Studio: Artisan Entertainment. Film released February 19, 2003. Biographies of its stars: Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Sibongile Khumalo, Vusi Mahlasela, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Thandi Modise, Sifiso Ntuli, Sibusiso Nxumalo, Dolly Rathebe, Lindiwe Zulu. Audio clips from the soundtrack, movie reviews, press releases. Comingsoon.net has a movie trailer. http://www.amandla.com/

American Friends Service - Video Lendng Library: To borrow film, give a modest donation plus shipping costs. Films include - Wangari Maathi: Nobel Peace Prize Winner (2005), Battle of Algiers (1996) , A Luta Continua (1971), King Leopold and the Belgian Congo: The Hidden European Genocide (1999, an interview with Adam Hochschild), Rwandan Nightmare (1994), Side By Side: Women Against AIDS in Zimbabwe (1993), Song of Umm Dalaila: The Story of the Sahrawis (1993, on Western Sahara), and others. [KF] http://www.afsc.org/resources/video-film.htm

Arab Film Distribution: Distributes cinemas of the Arab world in North America. Has films from North Africa including the Sudan. All films have English subtitles. Based in Seattle, Washington. http://www.arabfilm.com

ArtMattan Productions (New York, NY): Has 35mm, 16mm and videos from Africa, the Caribbean, South America for rental and sale. Including "Haramuya", "Le Damier", and "Faraw! Mother of the Dunes". They are producers of the African Diasporan Film Festival in New York. http://www.Africanfilm.com/

ArtMatters.Info: "the website of ComMattersKenya Limited, a Nairobi-based arts, culture, communications and media firm......covers fine art, books, music & dance, film, video & television, fashion & beauty, puppetry, storytelling & theatre, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,..." Web magazine founded by Ogova Ondego. Articles on copyright in Kenya, homosexuality, festivals, etc. [KF] http://www.artmatters.info/

Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française (ADPF). Cinémathèque Afrique (Paris): In French. "la Cinémathèque Afrique du ministère des Affaires étrangères met à la disposition des organismes à vocation culturelle, sociale ou éducative plus de 500 films - courts et longs métrage de fiction, animations, documentaires - des années 60 à nos jours." Has a database of films. Find documentaries such as "A Minuit, l'Independance" (Reportage sur les cérémonies de l'indépendance dans les quatre Etats de l'Entente. Les 1er, 3, 5 et 7 août 1960, à minuit, quatre nouveaux chefs d' État prononcent solennellement l'indépendance de leurs pays : Hubert Maga pour le Dahomey, Hamani Diori pour le Niger, Maurice Yaméogo pour la Haute-Volta, Félix Houphouet-Boigny pour la Cote d'Ivoire...), a film on Aime Cesaire, "Tirailleurs d'ailleurs" a film on a member of the 15ème Régiment des Tirailleurs Sénégalais, plus ethnographies, feature films.
http://www.adpf.asso.fr/cinematheque/index.html

Bamako: Official film site. In French. Distributed in the U.S. by New Yorker Films. See also review of the film and distribution information from Louverture Films (Danny Glover's company) and the New York Times review. http://www.bamako-film.com/

Black FilmMakers.net (Washington, D.C.): Its Nommo speakers bureau represents Haile Gerima, Euzhan Palcy, Raoul Peck and others. Information on funding resources and film-related links. Also the home of Jezebel Filmworks, a "video and film service company that specializes in planning and producing creative productions such as: industrial videos, music videos, public service announcements, documentaries, commercials..." http://Blackfilmmakers.net/

Black International Cinema: In German and English. Film festival in Germany working with the Fountainhead Tanz Theatre and The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Munich. Programs and films from Africa and the African diaspora. hhttp://members.aol.com/bicdance/

Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire (New York City): Published by Africana Studies Program, New York University. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/africana/blackrenaissance/

See also information about the journal from the African-American Literature Book Club. [KF] http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/journal-set.html

Blinkx: Locate videos and audio clips on the web through a keyword search. "the largest repository of digital video on the Web" - NYT Feb. 25, 2007, BU 3. "blinkx is a privately-held firm, based in San Francisco and London and was founded in early 2004 by Suranga Chandratillake." [KF] http://blinkx.com/

BOB TV, Best of the Best African Film and TV Programmes Market: Holds an annual event in Abuja (in collaboration with the Nigerian Government) to promote Nigerian TV, films, and allied industries. Database of Nigerian businesses whicih sell Nigerian films. Industry news. [KF] http://www.bobtvinteractive.com/

Border Crossings: Blog by Michael Walling, Artistic Director of Border Crossings, on filming of The Dilemma of a Ghost, the play by Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo. http://bordercrossingsblog.blogspot.com/

Boston University. African Studies Center. Outreach Program: Has a 25 page list of African videos.They also have over 2000 slides which can be borrowed. They will lend their videos and slides to educators in the U.S. The Program produced a video, "What Do We Know About Africa?" - "an introductory 30-minute video discussing and dispelling stereotypes while providing a basic overview of the continent's geography, culture, and history." It includes a curriculum guide. Their Outreach Director is Dr. Barbara B. Brown. http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/index.html

Brilliant Image Productions: Established in 2001 in Kenya by Julius Keya, an international filmmaker. Video productions ranging from documentaries, music videos, advertisements, feature films. Videos clips of films. Produced a film on Gacaca (Rwanda). Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.brilliantimageproductions.com

British Pathe Film Archive: A rich video news archive covering historical events, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. ITN now distributes British Pathe film. Obtain free low resolution video clips after the free registration. High resolution copies for PowerPoint Presentations and Web Publishing require a license fee.* The purpose of the site is mainly educational use. Commercial users who wish to order a videotape or DVD must order through a British Pathe librarian. The original film is 35mm. The free downloaded files may be e-mailed to others. By spring 2003, JPEG images will be available. For best search results, one needs to use a one word search such as Kenya or Nigeria and then look through the entire results. [KF] http://www.britishpathe.com/flashintro.cfm

* Higher quality hard copy on VHS (PAL format only) can be ordered. "There are three options for purchasing clips; single stories can be bought for £18 each, up to 7 stories costs £75, and 8 or more stories costs £10 each, all inclusive of VAT. Postage and Packing is an additional £2.25 for customers inside the United Kingdom, £10.00 for customers outside the United Kingdom."

Broadcast, Film and Convergence: E-mail newsletter on TV, radio, film in Africa. Free subscription. Published by Balancing Acts' Southwood Consultants Ltd. http://www.afridigital.net/

Bullfrog Films: Educational videos; has African studies titles. Their Life series, (which appeared on the BBC, produced by Television Trust for the Environment), looks at the effects of globalization on ordinary people. African topics: health in South Africa, women's rights in Ethiopia and Nigeria, girls' education, children's health in Ghana, Uganda debt relief, land rights for the San ("bushmen") in South Africa. Distributes A Great Wonder on the "Lost Boys of Sudan." Based near Reading, Pennsylvania. [KF] http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/

California Newsreel. Library of African Cinema: 500 Third Street, Suite 505, San Francisco, CA 94107. See the Library of African Cinema. Extensive film catalog, descriptions and background on the films, distributes films by African directors Djibril Diop Mambety, Gaston Kabore, etc. Films include "Hyenas", "The Blue Eyes of Yonta", "Monday's Girls". On-line transcript of Long Night's Journey Into Day. Study guides for Flame; Keita: Heritage of the Griot; Long Night's Journey into Day; La petite vendeuse de Soleil; Pièces d'Identités; Rostov-Luanda; A Son of Africa (about Olaudah Equiano); Three Tales from Senegal; A Walk in the Night;; and others. http://www.newsreel.org/

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha: A South African film, based on Georges Bizet's Carmen, and set in a Cape Town township, wins the top award, the Golden Bear, at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival. Directed by Mark Dornford-May. The libretto was translated into Xhosa.; From Filmaker.co.za: http://www.filmmaker.co.za/edition/news_page.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1107156843&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5& From SouthAfrica.info: http://www.southafrica.info/news/top_story/ucarmen-ekhayelitsha.htm

Cinema Guild, Inc. (New York): Its African Studies film collection includes the series, "No Easy Walk" on the independence struggle in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, a video portrait of Chinua Achebe, films on South Africa, Liberia, Namibia, Eritrea, Mozambique, Angola (After the Battle), the Gambia, and other topics. Recent videos (Judgement Day, Hard Earth, On the Border, The Man Who Drove With Mandela, The Return.) http://www.cinemaguild.com

Cinémathèque française: In French. Non-profit private body (with funding from the French Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication via le Centre National de la Cinématographie.) Held Africamania, January 17-March 2, 2008 - "Avec Africamania, il s’agira de retracer au travers de 80 films 50 ans du cinéma africain, d’en retrouver et d'en redécouvrir les grands auteurs (Sembene Ousmane, Désiré Ecaré, Djibril Diop Mambety, Souleymane Cissé, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Gaston Kaboré et bien d’autres…)..." http://www.cinematheque.fr/

CineMedia: Claims to be the internet's largest film and media directory but its search facility was not very good on African topics. http://www.afionline.org/CineMedia

Cinemovel - "Mozambique Where Film Goes": In Italian and English. Day by day account of a team of Italian filmmakers three month in 2001 traveling cinema showing films throughout Mozambique and providing HIV/AIDS education. The film itself has scenes from the commemoration of the death of President Samora Machel in a plane crash with appearances by President Joaquim Chissano, Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel [Mandela]. Was the opening film for the 2002 Stanford University United Nations Association Film Festival. Site of the Union Comunicazione, Lugo, Italy. [KF] http://www.cinemovel.tv/

Commonwealth Film Festival: The 2003 Festival is 6th - 15th June 2003, Manchester, U.K. "Screenings include Light Drops (O Gotejar da Luz)(Dir:Vendrell, Mozambique), Xenopoulos' Promised Land (Dir: Xenopoulos, South Africa), Shanda (Dir: Riber, Zimbabwe) and A Lion's Trail (Dir: Verster, South Africa). A selection of some of the best, most vibrant short films from Africa and the Carribean will also be screened under the Short House programme, Canned Oracles. Includes seminars, masterclasses and Q & A sessions, hosted by leading international industry experts." http://www.commonwealthfilm.com/

Community Video Education Trust, CVET: On-line "digital archive of videos taken in South Africa in the late 1980s and early 1990s." "demonstrations, speeches, mass funerals, celebrations, and interviews with activists." Find videos by people, organizations, and genre (Interviews, Demonstrations, Speeches, Funerals, Meetings, Celebrations, Drama). Produced by the Community Video Education Trust and the South African Film and Video Project (SAFVP) at Michigan State University. Based in Cape Town. http://cvet.org.za

Content ^Bridge: State of Sudan's Film & Creative Industries, new African films, film festivals. Related links such as photographs of African cinema locales. Maintained by Todd Lester, an independent consultant for participatory and development communications. http://www.contentbridge.net/

Critical Arts: Has the full text of selected articles. Topics include women's issues, documentary video production, popular culture, literature, etc. Published by the Graduate Program in Culture and Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/index.htm and http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/CA/CA.html

Cry Freetown: Documentary film by Sierra Leonean, Sorious Samura. Samura won the 1999 Rory Peck Freelance Television Cameraman Award and the Mohamed Amin award for footage which appears in this film. Also won a 1999 Free Press-Africa award. Brief history of Sierra Leone, interview, online store. Site based in London. [KF] http://www.cryfreetown.org/

Darwin's Nightmare: Documentary film directed by Hubert Sauper. 107 minutes. "an extraordinary work of visual journalism" - New York Times Aug. 3, 2005. Best Documentary 2004 - European Film Awards. "cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch [of fish] in exchange for their southbound cargo… Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent." Nominated for the Academy Awards (held March 2006) in the 2005 Best Documentary Feature category. Filmed in Tanzania. http://www.coop99.at/darwins-nightmare/

Dear Europe: "On August 2, 1999, two illegal passengers were found frozen to death in the luggage compartment of a Sabena aeroplane. The two passengers from Guinea in Africa were 14 and 15 years old. The boys brought a letter with them, directed to the leaders of Europe. In this letter they ask Europe to give their help to Africa. Based on the accounts of those who knew the boys, this film tells the story they can no longer tell themselves." Site of Netherlands Public Broadcasting, the umbrella organisation of the Dutch public broadcasting companies. NPB also distributes Guinea-Bissau Youth, a film about children from Guinea-Bissau. "They are penniless, but by no means low on ideas. We follow a group of boys preparing for the most important thing in their lives, the carnival parade. We see how children make the most fantastic toys from worthless materials." http://www.nossales.nl/

Documentary Educational Resources: A non-profit which produces ethnography films/videos, based in Massachusetts. Claims to have the world's largest collection of films/videos on the !Kung San (Bushmen) of Namibia. John Marshall, President of DER, created the films The Hunters and N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman. Also films on Botswana | Ghana | Kenya | Madagascar | Mali | Morocco | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | South Africa | Tanzania | Uganda | Western Sahara. [KF] http://der.org/

DocuSeek: Database of films on social issues and other documentaries. Find films on Africa by keyword, title, topic, grade level, format. http://www.docuseek.com

First Run / Icarus Films - many Africa-related titles
Bullfrog Films - environmental videos
Direct Cinema Limited
Fanlight Productions - healthcare, family & gender
Frameline
New Day Films - social issues
Women Make Movies - feminist media arts

Doxa: "independent documentary production company – was formed by Craig Matthew and Joëlle Chesselet in 1987 when South Africa was still governed by the apartheid system." Films include Katjira’s Dream on the Himba people’s contemporary challenges, Ochre and Water on the threat to the Himba of a new dam (includes music audio sample), Narrative of Betrayal on Angola, This crazy thing called Grace on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Based in Cape Town, South Africa. http://www.doxa.co.za/

Durban International Film Festival: The Festival is hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts, University of Natal , Durban. Presents 75-100 films within a two-week festival format, most of them first-time premiere screenings in Durban, offers workshops with South African and international filmmakers. http://www.und.ac.za/und/carts/ffestpage.html

DV8 - Electric African Cinema: DV8 was formed by South African film producers Jeremy Nathan and Joel Phiri. "If you are interested in submitting your scripts for a digital feature film to us, please send the following information to info@dv8.co.za Please note that only projects submitted online will be considered." "Each and every Dv8 film must be originated on the digital format; The films can be produced anywhere in South Africa." Films include Forgiveness, Good Morning Max, Harry Moonstar, P-I-G. Based in Johannesburg. http://www.dv8.co.za/

Ecrans-Nord-Sud: In French. "Ecrans Nord-Sud est une association...dont l'objectif est de favoriser la diffusion des cinémas d'Afrique." Has a "Guide du cinéma africain." Lists film events in France. Sponsors a discussion group, afrique-cinema. http://www.ecrans-nord-sud.com/ie/general/frame.htm

EkoClassics.Com: Sells Nigerian Movies / Films. "We buy from Nigeria direct ensuring the producers and all involved back home get to enjoy the fruit of their labour." Movie synopses / reviews. Articles on the stars. Links to sites of movie stars, musicians. Films are $12.50. Shipping within the U.S. is free. Shipping to international countries is free for up to 4 movies through USPS. http://www.ekoclassics.com

Ethiopian Film Festival, 2nd, July 7, 2002, Lincoln Theater, Washington, DC.: http://www.ethiopianfilmfestival.com/

Facets: Rent or purchase "foreign, classic, cult, independent, experimental, and obscure videos." Has African films. Based in Chicago. http://www.facets.org/

Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers: Two hour documentary on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, produced by Public Affairs Television, Inc. "Interviews with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, apartheid victims, former officers of state security, ...reveal the difficulties of mending a nation bitterly divided by race and oppression." Has an educator's guide and organizations guide in Adobe .pdf format. $44.95 for the two videocassettes. http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvraceinitiative/facingthetruth/

FESPACO, Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou: Official web site, in French and English. The next festival will be held 24 février au 3 mars 2001 à Ouagadougou. Includes information on their film library, a list of the FESPACO film awards from 1972 to date. Has issues of the FESPACO Newsletter and FESPACO News, the latter issued only during the film festival. No. 9-1997 lists the film award winners at the 15th FESPACO. http://www.fespaco.bf

See also the BBC Special on 2003 FESPACO.

FESPACO Paul Robeson Award: "The FESPACO Paul Robeson Award Initiative (PRAI) presents "The Best of the Best in the African Diaspora" film and television productions to the Pan African Film & Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso , more commonly known as FESPACO." The Robeson "prize goes to the "Best of the Best" film in the FESPACO diaspora section,..." Based in Louisville, Mississippi. http://www.RobesonAward.com

Film Movement: "Launched in 2003, Film Movement is a full-service North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City." DVD subscription service for independent, foreign and documentary films. African Studies films such as Dreams of Dust (Burkina Faso), Hop (an an illegal immigrant), Lucky (South Africa). http://www.filmmovement.com/

Filmmaker Magazine - "Not Budget Nigeria": 2002 article on the Nigerian film industry. The magazine is based in New York city. [KF] http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/fall2002/features/no_budget_nigeria.php

Filmakers Library (New York): Rents or sells many documentaries on Africa. Address: Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, Suite 901, New York, NY 10016. http://www.filmakers.com/

Films du Raphia: In French and English. Site about the films of Jean-Marie Teno, Cameroonian Producer-Director of Africa, I will fleece you, Head in the Clouds, Clandestine, Chief, A Trip to the Country, Alex’s Wedding, the Colonial Misunderstanding and other films. Based in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France. http://www.raphia.fr/

Films for the Humanities and Sciences (Princeton, NJ): Offers films on African history and culture. "Preview copies are available at no charge to qualified educational institutions and public libraries." "The prices for all programs listed on this website include full protection for public performances." Will recommend titles based on subject / grade level. Address: PO Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053 http://www.films.com/Films_Home/Index.cfm?S=1

First Run/Icarus Films (Brooklyn, N.Y.): Descriptions for their Africa-related films including prizes won. Videos include Ordinary People, The Life and Times of Sara Baartman - the Hottentot Venus. Lists films by filmmaker and title as well. Email: info@frif.com http://www.frif.com/

Flame - Zimmedia: Zimmedia is an independent film and video production company based in Harare. Its film, Flame, about a woman soldier in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and won the Human Rights Watch Nestor Almendros Award. http://www.zimmedia.com/

Forum des images: Library and multimedia center in Paris where one can view French films and videos. http://www.vdp.fr/
To find a video: Select "Collection"
Then "Recherche dans la collection"
At the very bottom of the screen is a form box labled "Mots Cles"
Put in the name of the video

France. Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: In French and English. Open only to media professionals. "The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel newsreel and television archives. These archives are largely made up of programmes broadcast by French public television channels between 1949 and today, and Actualités Françaises newsreels from 1940 to 1969." "Les archives de presse filmée et de télévision de l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel, proposées en accès gratuit aux professionnels de l'audiovisuel. Ce fonds comprend principalement l'ensemble des émissions diffusées par les télévisions publiques françaises de 1949 à nos jours, ainsi que le fonds de presse filmée des Actualités Françaises qui couvre la période 1940-1969." http://www.inamediapro.fr/

France. Ministere des affaires etrangeres. Cinema. Cinemas du Sud: Mainly in French. Has one page descriptions of a few African films and a list of African films by country. http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/culture/france/index.html

French Video Distributors:: Médiathèque des Trois Mondes; 63 Bis rue Cardinal Lemoine, Paris 75005
From the US use:
Fax 011 – 33 – 1 – 42-34-99-01
Phone 011 – 33 – 1- 42-34-99-00; Les Films du sabre
77 rue Marcel Dassault
92100 Boulogne, France
Phone 01 46 94 88 88
Fax 01 46 94 88 89

Genesis: Director: Cheick Oumar Sissoko. France/Mali, 1998, 35mm, 100 min., color, Bambara w/ Eng. "Renowned African stage actor Sotigui Kouyaté stars as Jacob and the world-famous Malian singer Salif Keïta plays his brother Esau." Seen as "an allegory for the origins of conflict between Jews, Christians and Muslims,...." or of the conflicts in Rwanda and Burundi. Shown at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2000. http://www.sfjff.org/sfjff20/programs/11P.html

Global Film Initiative: Non-profit film organization that offers grants and U.S. distribution to filmmakers from the developing world. "Grants are awarded to assist filmmakers with the production and post–production of their film." Does not give grants for documentary or short films and does not provide funds for education or training. "only support[s] stories that take place within developing world countries." Based in San Francisco, California. [KF] http://www.globalfilm.org

Global Focus Films: GFF produced a documentary (fall 2000), "Not My Child: AIDS in South Africa" which covers the 13th International Conference on AIDS in Durban and the lives of people with AIDS in South Africa. Has photographs, accounts of South Africans with HIV/AIDS, role of traditional healers. Based in Denver, Colorado. http://www.hometown.aol.com/globalfocusfilms/index.html

God Sleeps in Rwanda: Nominated for 2005 Best Documentary Short subject for the Academy Awards held March 2006. "The 1994 Rwandan Genocide left the country nearly 70% female handing Rwanda’s women an extraordinary burden and an unprecedented opportunity......“God Sleeps in Rwanda” captures the spirit of five courageous women as they rebuild their lives, redefining women’s roles in Rwandan society and bringing hope to a wounded nation." http://www.godsleepsinrwanda.com/

Google Video: See and download videos. Some are free such as the music video of "We are the World" the fundraising song with an all star cast (Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Harry Belafonte, etc.). Cricket games, UNICEF films (on Darfur, health, etc.), South African TV ads, people's videos of their trips, Cameroon, Reinhard Bonnke preaching in Nigeria, previews of Yoruba video dramas, drumming / dance contest in Tanzania, 2005 tsunami hitting the Kenya coast. $1.99 or more for some videos (Bishop Desmond Tutu, Wole Soyinka, Landmines in the Casamance and Child Soldiers in the DRC ). Google now owns YouTube. http://video.google.com/

Gray, John, "The Black Film Bookshelf: African Film": Bibliographic essay on publications about African film. In Screening Noir (Newsletter of Film and Video Culture), Spring/Summer 1999, Vol. 2, Nos. 2/3. http://www.filmstudies.ucsb.edu/faculty/everett/news_letter/vol2iss23/art_gray.html

Great African Films of the 90s. - National Museum of African Art: Presented in 1998 by the National Museum of African Art. Has the program, etc. http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/africart/educ/film/film.htm

Gris-Gris Films: Formed in 1994 as an independent production company. Produced Maangamizi - The Ancient One, produced by Ron Mulvihill and Martin Mhando and Arusi Ya Mariamu/ The Marriage of Mariamu, a Tanzanian-American co-production, made by TFC, the national film company of Tanzania and Ron Mulvihill. Has many photographs and reports on production of the films. http://www.grisgrisfilms.com/

Guggenheim Museum - Lights on Africa: A Program on African Film: Information on the films shown during the June 18-Sept. 11, 1996 series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City. The films are on contemporary African issues. http://artnetweb.com/guggenheim/film/index.html

Guimba: the Tyrant: Kino On-Line has a plot synopsis, cast and credits, a photos from Cheick Oumar Sissoko's film which was the Grand Prize Winner at the FESPACO film festival. http://www.kino.com/video/vhs_titles/guimba.html

HADDON - The On-line Catalogue of Archival Ethnographic Film: Temporary site of the HADDON catalogue, containing records of archival ethnographic film stored in film archives, museums and other institutions around the world. These are demonstration pages containing sample search forms and records. The catalogue focuses on films from 1896-1945 and includes home movies by missionaries, soldiers, travel films, government films. Project of Marcus Banks and Tina Stoecklin of Oxford University, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Haddon Catalogue: http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/haddon/tempHADD_home.html
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology: http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/

H-AfrLitCine: A moderated electronic discussion group jointly sponsored by H-Net (Humanities- On-Line) and the African Literature Association to provide a forum for the discussion and exploration of African literature and cinema. Their web site has information on subscribing, an archive of past discussions, a listing of important events, conferences, etc. The co-editors include Ken Harrow, Sandra Barkan, and others. http://h-net2.msu.edu/~aflitweb/
To subscribe send your request to: listserv@h-net.msu.edu

Harvard University, African Studies Videos: List, with some annotations, of Africa-related videos at Harvard University. http://icg.harvard.edu/~africa/videos.shtml

HausaMovies.com (Maikoli International): Resources (videos-VCD, CDs, cassettes) and information on Hausa culture, tradition and language. Previews, movie trailers. Music, jewelry, arts, crafts, clothing. Sells to North America, Europe, and Asia. Based in Raymore, Missouri. http://hausamovies.com/

Hausa Popular Literature Project, School of Oriental and African Studies, London: Information includes author, title, publisher, year of publication, no. of pages, image of the book cover. "This database documents the private collection of Hausa popular literature and video film in the possession of Professor Graham Furniss of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London." Includes a 15 page essay by Prof. Furniss, Documenting Hausa Popular Literature [covers film also]. [KF] http://hausa.soas.ac.uk/

Heart of the Congo: Documentary film by Tom Weidlinger. "Amid threats of violence, corruption, and a legacy of colonial dependency aid workers [from Action against Hunger] help refugees who have lost everything. They seek to strengthen villagers’ will, essential for a self-sufficient future. Heart of the Congo is a film about courage, perseverance and ways in which humanitarian aid makes a lasting difference." Includes Weidlinger's journal, 50 p. in PDF. Filmed in Katanga Province. See also a Review of the film from Mother Jones magazine, 2001.[KF] http://www.adreaminhanoi.com/congo/index.html

Heremakono (En attendant le Bonheur / Waiting for Happiness): Director: Abderrahmane Sissako (from Mauritania). Won the top award at FESPACO 2003.; Distributed by New Yorker Films. http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/
Rotterdam Film Festival: http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/film/8230.html includes a video clip
Allocine: director's filmographie in French
Africultures: review in French by Olivier Barlet.
Le Monde: review in French by Thomas Sotinel.
DVDrama: review with photographs in French
Institut du Monde Arabe: biography of the director in French
Embassy of France in Korea: information on the film and director in French

Hero: Film by Angolan director, Zeze Gambao. Won the World Cinema Dramatic Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.; Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424142/
New York Times print article, "Nonfiction has its day at Sundance", Jan. 31, 2005, p. B6.

Hopes on the Horizon; Africa in the 1990s: Site for the two-hour PBS documentary from Blackside, Inc. ("Eyes on the Prize"), which "chronicles the rise of pro-democracy movements and the expansion of civil society" in Benin, Nigeria, Rwanda, Morocco, Mozambique, and South Africa, during the final, decade of the twentieth century. For each country has facts, a brief background to the democracy movement, an essay, questions (for high school / university students), suggested readings, and the complete transcript. [KF] http://www.pbs.org/hopes

Hotel Rwanda: Film background, film clips, the movie trailer, map showing the provinces, timeline, teachers' guide. Hotel manager, Paul Rusesabagina shelters 1000 + refugees from the Rwanda genocide (recounted in Philip Gourevitch's book, "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda"). Received the 2005 Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Don Cheadle), Best Supporting Actress (Sophie Okonedo) and Best Original Screenplay. http://www.mgm.com/ua/hotelrwanda/main.html

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival: Includes several Africa-related films. See London schedule. http://hrw.org/iff/

Images d'Ailleurs: les soldats noirs dans les guerres françaises: In French. Festival (April 13-19, 2005) of films on black soldiers who fought for France. On the Grioo.com web site. See also the article in Africultures magazine. http://grioo.com/info4479.html

Imam amd the Pastor: Produced by FLTfilms, London. "The film’s protagonists, Imam Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa and Pastor James Movel Wuye, have first-hand experience of the violence, both as victims and as militia members. Close relatives of Ashafa were killed by Christians; Wuye lost his hand when Muslims tried to kill him. Today they are joint Directors of the Interfaith Mediation Centre in northern Nigeria’s main city, Kaduna." Executive Producer: David Channer. Producer/Director: Alan Channer; Assistant Producer: Imad Karam. http://www.fltfilms.org.uk/

Article in For a Change magazine (Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007). http://www.forachange.co.uk/index.php?stoid=876

Article from Initiatives of Change USA (formerly Moral Re-Armament)

Obituary of David Channer (Executive Producer & father of Alan Channer)http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1771813.ece

In Memory of Djibril Diop Mambety, 1945-1998: Biography, filmography of the Senegalese filmmaker. Includes an interview (1993 Africa Film & TV Magazine), video clip, remembrance by Floyd Webb. On the site of e22Digital, Inc. the multimedia firm of Floyd Webb. http://itutu.com/djibril/dex.html

Inagina, the Last House of Iron: In English and French. A documentary film on metallurgy work by the Dogon blacksmiths of Mali. "In Mali, on the cliffs inhabited by the Dogon, an ethnoarchaeologist and a cameraman participated in an extremely rare event : the reduction of iron ore. The experience was filmed and is a unique testimony of a thousand-year-old technology which has now disappeared." Directed by Eric Huysecom, Department of Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva and Bernard Agustoni, of Télévision Suisse Romande. [KF] http://anthropologie.unige.ch/inagina

Indiana University, African Studies Program - Outreach: Will loan their videos to individuals and institutions. Has the Basil Davidson Africa series and The Africans series hosted by Ali Mazrui. Includes children's videos, French videos, Black and White in Color, Breaker Morant, Cry Freedom, A Dry White Season, Mister Johnson, Out of Africa, A World Apart, etc. There is an index by country and grade level. http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eafrist/outreach1.html

iNollywood: Pay to watch Nigerian movies, including Things Fall Apart. Some free movies available on registration (free also). Downloaded movies can be watched for 48 hours after purchase. Watch on PC or connect PC or Mac to TV. Must have a broadband internet connection. http://www.inollywood.com/

Internet Movie Database.: Huge, detailed listing of films. One can search under several categories, such as all the films from Mali, or all the films by Ousmane Sembene. Lists directors, writers, actors, and numerous others involved in a film's production. http://us.imdb.com/

ITN Source: "ITN Archive is one of the largest moving picture archives in the world with over 300,000 hours of material. With material dating back to 1896, the holdings comprise of all of ITN's output since 1955, the entire Reuters Television Library, the British Pathe News Archive and the Channel 4 Television archive. ITN Archive includes historic newsreel footage, news agency material, rushes (b-roll) and broadcast news items from 1896 to the present day. Content includes: British Pathe 1896 - 1970, Gaumont Graphic 1910 - 1932, Empire News Bulletin 1926-1930, British Paramount News 1931-1957, Gaumont British 1929-1959, Universal News 1930-1949, Visnews 1957-1992, Reuters Television 1992 - present day, ITN 1955 - present day, Channel 4 Television 1982 - present day." http://www.itnsource.com/

It's Not Easy: "Career, family and a nice girlfriend are all going well for Suna, a young African business executive. But everything changes when his newborn son is found to be infected with HIV - the deadly AIDS virus......neighbors and co-workers learn to become allies, instead of enemies, in the battle for life." From the Federation of Uganda Employers, Experiment in International Living/Uganda, co-produced with Uganda Television. Also sold as a video cassette with discussion guidelines, research report and photonovela by MFDI, Media for Development International. http://www.mfdi.org

Izogn Movies: Pay ($2 per movie, $20 per month) to see Nigerian movies on the web. Sells some DVDs. Web site based in Lanham, Maryland. http://www.izognmovies.com

Jjj Niger Movies: Sells Nigerian movie videos (Yoruba movies, Nigerian gospel movies, Nigerian movies in English). Videos are in the U.S. video standard. Based in Houston, Texas. http://www.jjjnigermovies.com/

Jouvert, a Journal of Postcolonial Studies: Published by the College of the Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina State University. Full text articles on literature, African film, religious art, the experience of teaching the Theory of Education at a teachers' College in Zimbabwe in 1991, a conversation with Abdul R. JanMohamed, reviews of African art exhibits, films, etc. http://152.1.96.5/jouvert/index.htm

Jump TV: TV programs from African countries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda). $10 for 30 days or $20 for 90 days. Requires high speed internet access. At present works only on Windows PCs. Also video on demand and pay per view. Based in Toronto, Canada. https://www.jumptv.com/

Karmen Geï: "Karmen Geï is the first African Carmen and, arguably, the first African filmed "musical." "...Gaï Ramaka [Senegalese Director Joseph Gaï Ramaka] has completely replaced Bizet's score and the usual staging with indigenous Senegalese music and choreography." "In one of Gaï Ramaka's boldest strokes, he makes Karmen bisexual." Distributed by California Newsreel, San Francisco. http://www.newsreel.org/films/karmen.htm

Keepers of Memory: Documentary film, by Eric Kabera, on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. "Through eyewitness accounts...., Kabera takes the viewer on an emotional journey into the lives of the survivors and their work to preserve the memorials honoring the slain victims. The film focuses on the "keepers" of 6 main massacre sites and explores how Rwandans use the memorials to make peace with the past and sustain hope for the future." Produced by Link Media Production, Kigali, Rwanda. Distributed by Choices, Inc.
http://www.keepersofmemory.com/

Kemps International Film and TV Production Services Directory: "search for over 35,000 production services companies from 65 countries worldwide....find everything from Aerial Photography to Video Equipment, Location Services, Crew and much more." Extensive directory of South African companies and some Nigeria, Kenya companies. Produced by the publishers of the annual, Kemps international film & television year book (London). http://www.kftv.com/

Kentridge, William: New Museum of Contemporary Art, June-Sept. 2001, New York City; First U.S. "career survey" of Kentridge's work in of film, drawing, sculpture, graphics, music, theater, and opera. http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/Kentridge/text.html; Seven page listing of exhibitions, biography, theatre productions, films, bibliography. http://www.goodman-gallery.com/mainakent.htm

Kenya. Department of Film Services: Licenses local and international film makers. Providing liaison services. Produces newsreels, documentaries, features, TV ads in English and Kenyan languages such as Dunia ni mbaya (on HIV/AIDS education). Maintains a national film archive of over 600 documentaries. . Has a directory of accredited local agents who will facilitate location scouting, transport, hotel reservations, film licenses, shipping, etc. Under the Ministry of Information and Communications. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.filmservices.go.ke/

Kino International (New York, NY): A distribution company specializing in classics and foreign language art films. Are distributors for some African films for ex. Cheick Oumar Sissoko's Guimba and Genesis and Souleymane Cisse's Baara, Yeelen, and Finye, Hyenas and Touki Bouki, by Djibril Diop Mambety, Wend Kuuni, by Gaston Kabore, and Quartier Mozart, by Jean-Pierre Bekolo. http://www.kino.com

Kirikou and the Sorceress: Feature length animated children's film, directed by Michel Ocelot, based on a West African story of a little boy and a sorceress. The music, by Senegalese musician, Youssou N'dour, uses only traditional instruments. N'dour writes about the film "it is an African tale that I can identify with. It talks of water and nature, children, a sorceress and fetishes, things that make up our mythology, our roots." The voices were recorded in N'dour's studio with African actors. Producer: Didier Brunner. Distributed by ArtMattan Productions. [KF] http://www.kirikou.net/

Last King of Scotland: Forest Whitaker won the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for his portrayal of Idi Amin. "Fox Searchlight Pictures was founded in 1994 as the independent arm of Twentieth Century Fox." http://www.foxsearchlight.com/lastkingofscotland/

Leda Serene Films (Toronto, Canada): "a film, television and radio production and training company with bases in Canada, the Caribbean and South Africa." It "places People of Color in front of and behind the camera, and has made its name as a producer of high quality dramas and documentaries, which celebrate diversity..." Is producing a sitcom called "Bo Ke Bophelo!" in South Africa. http://www.ledaserene.com

Lems-Dworkin, Carol - Video Bibliography: The web site of Carol Lems-Dworkin Publishers has information on the 331 page Videos of African and African-Related Performance: an Annotated Bibliography, by Carol Lems-Dworkin. 1996. Price: U.S. $57 http://members.aol.com/lemsdworkn/

The Letter: An American Town and the "Somali Invasion": Directed by Ziad H. Hamzeh. Released 2003. "A firestorm of controversy erupts when Lewiston, Maine Mayor Larry Raymond sends an open letter to the 1,100 newly arrived Somali refugees informing them that the city’s resources are strained to the limit and asking them to tell other Somalis not to move to the city." Has a movie trailer. Distributed by Arab Film Distribution. [KF] http://www.arabfilm.com/item/300/

Libérte 1 - Observatoire Audiovisuel sur les Libértés: "La réflexion critique sur la gouvernance au Sénégal constitue un rempart contre l’affaissement de notre démocratie. L’essentiel de cette réflexion a pour support la presse écrite, radiophonique, l’édition et internet." Site for filmmaker, Joseph Gaï Ramaka. Information on his film, Et si Latif avait raison ! http://www.liberte1.org/

Life and Times of Sara Baartman - "The Hottentot Venus." A Film by Zola Masekoa: A page on the film, the "story of [a] Khoi Khoi woman who was taken from South Africa, and then exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and idea of 'The Hottentot Venus' swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed." From First Run/Icarus Films, New York, NY. http://www.frif.com/new99/hottento.html

Lili et le Baobab: In French with English subtitles. "A freelance photographer Lili (Romane Bohringer) has been hired to document new infrastructures in her town's sister community in Senegal. The entire village turns out to welcome her,.....Lili is encouraged to make herself at home, but as an unmarried, childless woman of 33 she is a curiosity. As a stranger, she is most at ease in her role as photographer. She focuses her camera on the villagers and their profoundly communal existence, and her photography becomes a means of communication..... Meanwhile, she forms an intuitive bond with Aminata (Aminata Zaaria), an unmarried woman whose quiet independence mirrors Lili's own. By the time Lili returns to France, something has shifted within her and she looks at her life through new eyes. As she searches for a way to remain connected to her sister village, Lili is led back to her friendship with Aminata." http://www.insomnia-films.fr/ang/fiche.php?ID_Film=70

Little Senegal: In French. Film by Algerian director, Rachid Bouchareb. A 65 year old Senegalese man travels to Harlem (New York) "where he manages to track down distant relatives descended....from Senegalese slaves transported to America in the early 19th century." Detailed information about the film including filmographies (director, actor), reviews, the music cue sheet, etc. Includes a 2 minute video clip. Distributed by Tadrart Films. http://www.3b-productions.com/fr/films/little_senegal/index.html

Living Memory: Six Sketches of Mali Today: 2003 film. Directed by Susan Vogel. Produced by Susan Vogel, Samuel Sidibé, Eric Engles & the Musée National du Mali . "a film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,..." For sale or rental by First Run Icarus Films. http://www.frif.com/new2003/lmem.html

LocalFilms: "a grassroots production company [directed by filmmaker Peter Jordan] that partners with international humanitarian organizations to empower communities through film." Films are co-directed by community members. View the films from the web site. Set in Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Topics, how children view the impact of AIDS, Tanzania children, lives of AIDS orphaned children in Zimbabwe as co-directed and narrated by themselves, problems in the change from a nomadic to sedentary life in a Kenyan village. [KF] http://www.localfilms.org/

Example - Speak Luvo, Speak Jane. "Filmed in S. Africa and Kenya, from the perspectives of nursery school kids. The kids interview each other to find out what they know about AIDS and what we can all do to help."

Long Night's Journey Into Day: Won the 2000 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for "Best Documentary Film." About South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Follows four cases before the Commission (Cradock Four, Guguletu 7, Amy Biehl, and Magoo's Bar Bombing). Directed by Frances Reid & Deborah Hoffmann of Iris Films, Berkeley, CA. Has interview with the directors. 1999. 95 min. color.
Iris Films: http://www.irisfilms.org/longnight/index.htm; Sundance Festival 2000: http://www.sundancechannel.com/festival00/

Long Walk of Nelson Mandela: Site for the PBS TV program Frontline, May 25, 1999. Interviews with a wide variety of people who knew Mandela (his biographer -Richard Stengel, Thembu chiefs, Joe Matthews, Fatima Meer, Ahmed Kathrada, a man who hid Mandela in his apartment for almost 2 months, Neville Alexander, Fikile Bam, George Bizos, Mandela's guard, Strini Moodley, Jessie Duarte, Anthony Sampson, and others. Includes copies of Mandela's letters, chapters from his memoirs. Has a chronology (1912-1998), the transcript of the TV program, a teacher's guide. For those with a sound card, speakers, and fast connection - there is a 1977 video of a journalists' visit to Robben Island.[KF] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/

Lost Boys of Sudan: Award-winning documentary about two Sudanese refugee boys and their experiences in U.S. society. Producer / Directors: Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk. Study guide with classroom ideas and essays by Sudanese refugees and Sudan experts. Ideas for assisting refugees and victims of Darfur. The 87 minute film, in English and Dinka with subtitles, may be purchased. Site based in San Francisco, California. http://www.LostBoysFilm.com

Lost Tribes of Israel: Public Broadcasting Service TV program. Includes the "Mystery of Great Zimbabwe" whose ruins were erroneously attributed to the Queen of Sheba or "a northern race coming from Arabia." Archeologist David Randall-MacIver concluded the ruins were created by 14th-15th c. African builders. "In the 1960s and 1970s, as the edifice grew into a potent symbol of the African Nationalist movement, the white government of Rhodesia set about suppressing the findings of prehistorians who claimed that Africans had built Great Zimbabwe." The Lemba of Southern Africa, who claim ancient Jewish heritage, may have built Great Zimbabwe. Includes a teachers guide. Has links to the American Journal of Human Genetics article on DNA linking the Lemba and Jewish priesthood. [KF] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/index.html

Lumumba: The acclaimed film directed by Haitian, Raoul Peck. "Lumumba is a gripping political thriller which tells the story of the legendary African leader Patrice Emery Lumumba." Extensive historical background, with chronology, Congo history, Lumumba's last letter to his wife, Lumumba biography, biographies of Mobutu, Tshombe, Kasavubu. Video, audio files. The U.S. distributor is Zeitgeist Films. [KF] http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=lumumba

Mainframe Film & Television Productions: The company of Tunde Kelani, T.V. and film producer and Cinematographer. Produced the films Thunderbolt, Agogo Eewo, Efunsetan Aniwura and others. Films in Yoruba and English. Based in Lagos, Nigeria. http://www.mainframemovies.tv/

Maitres Fous: Web site on filmmaker, ethnographer Jean Rouch, his interest in Africa. Biographical timeline, filmography, bibliography, film reviews, interviews, essays, photographs, glossary of "Rouchian" terms, related web sites. Maintained by Jamie Stockholm-Berthe. http://www.maitres-fous.net/

Make Magic in Zimbabwe: Site to promote film-making in Zimbabwe. Describes films made in Zimbabwe, production facilities, etc. http://www.mediazw.com/magic/index.html

Mandy's Directory - South Africa: A directory to South African film, TV professionals. http://www.mandy.com/safr/00safr.html

Mandy's Directory - Zimbabwe: Professional directory for actors/actresses, cameramen, editors, cdrom production, graphic design, etc. Very small no. of listings.
http://www.mandy.com/zimb/00zimb.html

Maneno Mengi (Zanzibar, Tanzania): http://www.zanzibar.org/maneno/

Mbira Music Page of Solomon Murungu: Extensive information provided by Mr. Murungu and others? on mbira music. Includes biographies and discographies for musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo, information on Shona and Ndebele religious beliefs, abstracts of films on mbira music, etc. http://www.tiac.net/users/smurungu/mbiraindex.html

McCall, John C., and Christey Carwile-Routon - "Other Africas. Images of Nigerian Modernity": Online exhibit of Nigerian poster calendars, television and video movie trailers (with video / audio clips), photographs of Enugu urban scenes, a Y2K billboard, clothing motifs. Accompanies an exhibit at the University Museum of Southern Illinois University, January - April 2002. Maintained by John C. McCall, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Christey Carwile-Routon, doctoral student in anthropology. http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/otherafricas/

Media for Development International: "non-profit agency which has been operational now for 10+ years. It relates closely to Media for Development Trust (MFD) a Zimbabwean registered charity (W.O. 21/89). The two have been sister agencies for about 15 years now, both were initially funded by DSR, Inc. MFDI provides support to MFD in Zimbabwe, and they work together in film productions as well as distributing African social message films and videos." Film catalog of over 90 films / videos, arranged by topic, searchable by title. Includes Everyone's Child. Based in Glenwood Springs, CO. http://www.mfdi.org/

Media for Development Trust: Non profit, based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Producer and distributor, since 1989, of high quality, socially conscious films and videos." Descriptions of films, a production studio, and equipment for hire. Includes Everyone's Child. [KF] http://www.mfd.co.zw/

Médiathèque des Trois Mondes (Paris, France): In French. "une entreprise culturelle à but non-lucratif qui cherche à favoriser la diffusion, en France, de films d’Afrique, d’Asie et d’Amérique latine." Online video catalog (VHS, DVD). 35mm and 16mm films. Will send their print catalog on request. Sells the films of Sembene Ousmane. [KF] http://www.cine3mondes.com/

Michigan State University - African Media Program: "A database of more than 11,000 films and videos from and about Africa, including documentaries, feature films, cartoons, etc., searchable by keyword, title, topics, dates, and distributors." Includes a Bibliography of African Cinema, Film, and Video Studies and recommended curriculum resources. Based in East Lansing, Michigan. http://www.africanmedia.msu.edu/

Mill Valley Film Festival: The 2003 Festival, October 2-12, features Cinema Africa - 100 Days (Rwanda), 5@5: Wings to Fly (four films on Burkina Faso, Senegal, South Africa), Alex's Wedding (Cameroun, Benin), Beat the Drum (South Africa), Bedwin Hacker (Tunisia), Keita (Burkina Faso), Madam Brouette (Senegal), Sophiatown (South Africa). Films are shown in Mill Valley, Corte Madera, and San Rafael, California. [KF] http://www.cafilm.org/index.html

Minibus Media: Sells a DVD on the 2004 Malawi Presidential Election called "Making of a President". Online movie trailer.Minibus Media was created in 2004 in Malawi by Hans-Christian Goertz and Mirella Domenich to produce documentaries on human rights issues in young democracies. In progress is a film on the third Mozambique general election, "And the Struggle Still Continues." Hivos, a Dutch development agency supported the DVD production. IDFA article. ConectaSur article. [KF] http://www.minibusmedia.org/

Mokae, Zakes: About the South African actor Zakes Mokae, a biography, his TV and film work. Iain Fisher has a university honours degree in Computer Science and a masters MBA degree and works for IBM. [KF] http://www.iainfisher.com/mokae.html

Moolaade (May 2005): Written and directed by Ousmane Sembene. Winner Cannes Film Festival 2004: Grand Prize, Un Certain Regard. "Moolaadé deals with the difficult subject of female circumcision. To escape this ritual of "purification" organized every seven years, four young girls flee their village and find protection with a woman called Collé, but their flight sends the local population into turmoil." Sembene died June 2007 at age 84 - BBC article.
New Yorker Films (pdf file): http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/nyf/n_elements/moolaade_fl.pdf
New Yorker Films (pdf file) http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/nyf/t_elements/moolaade/moolaade_pk.pdf; Comments: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moolaade/

MTV base: African music TV channel. African artist profiles, news. Need to register (free) to access some content. Press release announcing the move of parent company, MTV Networks Africa from London to Johannesubrg, South Africa. Interview with MTV Networks Africa Vice President & General Manager. http://mtvbase.com/mtvbaseafrica.com/music/

Naija Film Festival Organisers: Produces the Abuja International Film Festival. Information on their other festivals - African Film Festival, etc. Links to related film sites. http://www.nffo.org/

National Black Programming Consortium (Columbus, Ohio): Sponsors the "Prized Pieces Awards Ceremony and Festival identifies and recognizes superior achievements in film and video programs that affirm the universality of the Black experience." http://www.blackstarcom.org/index.html

National Film Board of Canada: Distributes films about Africa. Use the Search Engine. Has a Rwanda series, which includes Sitting on a Volcano, Hand of God, Hand of the Devil, Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold - Part 1: Blood Was Flowing Like a...., Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold - Part 2: We Were Cowards, Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold - Part 3: We Feel Betrayed. http://www.nfb.ca/

New York African Film Festival: Interviews with the film directors. Schedule for its traveling film festivals. http://www.africanfilmny.org/

New York University. Africa House - African Cities Documentary Series: "Africa House is designed to become the intellectual center for NYU students and faculty who are studying Africa and the African diaspora." NYU's African Expressive Culture Project includes Black Renaissance Magazine and the African Cities Documentary Series, headed by professors Manthia Diawara and Awam Amkpa, with film clips of Malian women discussing the world economy and controversial dance styles, Guinean scholar D.T.Niane on rural-urban migration, and visit to a traditional mask maker. [KF] http://www.nyu.edu/africahouse/

New Yorker Films: Rents or sells Xala, Guelwaar, Borom Sarret, Emitai, Camp de Thiaroye, Mandabi (The Money Order) by Ousmane Sembene and others. "The video cassettes are available to institutions for sale at $295.00 and for rent at $95.00. There is special pricing for public libraries." For additional information contact Rebeca Conget at New Yorker Films. Phone numbers 1-877-247-6200 x213 (toll free) or 212-247-6110 x213. http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/

Nollywood Journal - "Journal for Nigerian and African Movies": "Nollywood is the third highest grossing movie maker behind Hollywood in the United States and Bollywood in India." Articles, photographs, related sites. http://nollywoodjournal.com

Nollywood Rising: Global Perspectives on the Nigerian Film Industry, June 13 -17, 2005, Hilton Los Angeles, Universal City Hotel USA: 1st International Convention and Symposium on Nollywood. Links to articles on the Nigerian film industry. http://www.nollywoodconventionusa.com/

Northwestern University. African Videos Holdings: 90 + page list, in Adobe PDF format, of Northwestern's Africa-related videos. There are summaries for each film. Northwestern has a large collection of Nigerian popular films in Yoruba and other Nigerian languags. The videos do not go out on Interlibrary Loan. http://www.library.nwu.edu/media/docs/africana.pdf

Nowhere in Africa: Won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A "true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel (Juliane Köhler, ...) and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country-learning the local language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm's cook." An MTM Medien & Television München Production, Germany. http://www.nowhereinafrica.com/

Open Video Project - Wheels Across Africa: Video dated 1936. "Armand Davis leads motor expedition in Africa, powered by Dodge cars." In three parts. Requires soundcard and speakers/headset for the audio." The video is from the Internet Archive. The Open Video Project is managed at the Interaction Design Laboratory, at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." " "The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities." [KF] http://www.open-video.org/

Pan African Film & Art Festival: Festival of black cinema (features, shorts, and documentaries) from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, the South Pacific, and Canada. Each film is described in a paragraph. http://www.paff.org

Pan-african Film Festival / Festival du Film Panafricain, Cannes, 16-26 février 2005: In French. Program schedule. Musique - Cinéma - Livres - Exposition. On the site of Racines et Cultures. http://racinescultures.jexiste.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=292

Pay the Dowry/Cameroon -The Africa In Miniature: Video about an American educated librarian, inaugurated as a Commissioner of Native Affairs in Bamenda County, Cameroon. He solves problems ranging from violence, land disputes, recalcitrant tenants, mean landlords, fake shamans and more. Includes a slide show of scenes. Written, produced and directed by Boniface Ndemping Wewe, a librarian (from Cameroon) with the Brooklyn Public Library, New York. http://www.balatatree.com/AF/index.html

Planet Africa - 1997 Toronto International Film Festival: One page with the program of African films shown at the 1997 film festival. Includes a short summary of each film. http://www.bell.ca/toronto/filmfest/headquarters/africa.htm

Power and Glory Films (Windhoek, Namibia): In English and German. Produces "documentaries and features on topics ranging from wildlife and nature to socio-political issues, television movies, commercials and up-to-date news reporting." Provides "location scouting, research, production management and full productions..." http://www.powerandgloryfilms.com

PRAI -Promoting Reel African Images: "PRAI presents "The Best of the Best" films and videos from the African Diaspora, to Film & Television Festivals throughout the world." The Managing Director is C.Sade Turnipseed. Based in Mississippi. http://www.prai.us/

Quitebright Films Ltd.: Kenyan film and video production company. Documentaries, corporate videos. Produced The Longest River (about the Nile) for National Geographic, in 2004. "an international team of rafters from South Africa, New Zealand and England crossed into the Mediterranean Sea and became the first people to have descended the full length of the White Nile..." Also a film on Paul Imbaya otieno, a.k.a 'The Mighty King Kong' who was a polio-affected child living on the streets of a small Kenyan town and became a reggae star. [KF] http://www.quitebrightfilms.com

Reel.Com: Has a wide range of videos for sale or rental. For example, sells the video, Mandela, directed by Jo Menell, produced by Islands Picutres, distributed by Creative Exposure. http://www.reel.com

Revue Noire, African Contemporary Art: The table of contents of the Paris magazine, in English or French, with a small sample of articles and photographs. Each issue focuses on art, photography, cinema, dance, theatre, or a geographic area. http://www.rio.net/revuenoire

Rwanda Cinema Center: "created to facilitate through film and video production, delivery of informative entertaining and educative content; to explore a wide spectrum of issues and raise awareness on local and global development
agendas;...." Sponsored the first Rwanda Film Festival. Facilitated production of the Rwandan films, 100 DAYS and Keepers of Memory. Articles about Hotel Rwanda and other films. Based in Kigali, Rwanda. http://www.rwandacinemacenter.org

San Francisco Black Film Festival: The Sixth Film Festival is June 9-13, 2004 and features several African films. http://www.sfbff.org/

Sankofa - Mypheduh Films: Site for Haile Gerima's films - Sankofa, Bush Mama, Harvest 3,000 Years, etc. Has the transcript of an IRC chat with Gerima April 4, 1996 in which he discusses the making of Sankofa and works in progress - Adua 1896, Anchor Bye n Bye. Order information for the films and Sankofa shirts, caps, etc.
http://www.melanet.com/Sankofa/

Screen Africa (Strathavon South Africa): Monthly news magazine for the South African film, television, video, radio and multimedia industry. Selected articles are online. Has a weekly email newsletter, an extensive directory covering film production, community radio, recording studios, and more, a personal managers association directory to find actors, singers, dancers. In Production is a directory of all the productions in development, pre-, post- and completed in South Africa. http://www.screenafrica.com/

Seattle African Film Festivals: List of films at the African film festivals, 1991-1995, sponsored by the Seattle Public Library. Includes summaries of many of the films and U.S. sources for African films. Maintained by anthropologist Dr. Douglas Paterson. http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/cinema.htm

[Sembene] Ousmane Sembene, 1923-2007: The "father of African cinema" and writer. Born in Senegal.
Obituaries - BBC (June 10), Independent (London, June 13)
Professor Samba Gadjigo's web site (Mount Holyoke College) - Biography, filmography, bibliography, critical works, photographs, awards. See also Prof. Gadjigo's article on California Newsreel.
Profile (with photograph) by Serigne Ndiaye, Fall 1998. On the Emory University, English Department, Postcolonial Studies web site. http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Sembene.html
Profile from Pegasos - A literature related site in Finland.
Internet Movie Database entry

His films are distributed by Médiathèque des Trois Mondes (in French, also has a free short film on Sembene) and New Yorker Films.

Servant of the Ancestors: "Twenty four years after migrating to Australia in search of a new life, Patricia and Courtney Nunn seem to have found it. The racial tensions and painful memories of living as 'mixed race' in Apartheid South Africa are a thousand miles away....When her grandmothers appear to her in a vision, Patricia decides it is time to go back to Swaziland to face the demons of the past and celebrate her African heritage." From SBS Independent, based in Australia. It commissions quality films from independent filmmakers. http://www.sbs.com.au/sbsi/smovies.html#servant

[Seve] Robert Seve. L'Afrique de C-M BIAZIN. Films sur l'Art / Cinéma Expérimental: In French and English. Seve has promoted the work of Central African painter, Clément-Marie BIAZIN (1924-1981). Documents, photographs on Biazin and his work. Based in Paris, France. [KF] http://www.robert-seve.com/

Shake Hands with the Devil: Film named for Roméo Dallaire's book. About his first return trip to Rwanda, in April 2004 - the 10th anniversary of the genocide. Won an Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. See also California Newsreel. [KF] http://www.whitepinepictures.com/dallairesite/

Sithengi, Southern African International Film & TV Market Initiative: Offers workshops, free newsletter, film competitions, sponsors the Cape Town World Cinema Festival and the Sithengi Film & Television Market. The members only database has contact details on African and International delegates, film, television and allied industry professionals, products and projects. Information on commissioning editors and international producers can be accessed via the Sithengi website by doing a delegates’ search." Based in Cape Town. http://www.sithengi.co.za

Sliding Liberia: a Story of War, Peace, and Surfing: Four young surfers and present day Liberia. See also the article in Stanford Alumni Association Magazine, July/August 2008. Film site has many photographs of Liberia, video clips, background of the film. http://www.slidingliberia.com/

Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives: Has a guide to the collections (includes fieldnotes, manuscripts recordings, photographs), with brief descriptions of collections. There is a guide to their film archives and links to other ethnographic archives. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/

Sometimes in April: HBO TV Film directed and written by Haitian director, Raoul Peck, on the Rwanda genocide. "the story of Hutu Captain Augustin Muganza, who is forced to relive the genocide when he receives a letter from his brother detained in Arusha, Tanzania, for his role as a broadcaster at an extremist radio station that spurred on the killings with hate propaganda."
Human Rights Watch 2005 Film Festival - http://www.hrw.org/iff/2005/london/films.html#sometimes_in_april; Interview with HBO executive Sam Martin - http://www.hbo.com/films/news/sam_martin_1.html
South Africa's News 24 - http://www.news24.com/News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-11-1447_1493943,00.html; Internet Movie Database - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400063/

Son of Man: Premiered at the 2006 Sundance Festival (Utah). "portrays Christ as a modern African revolutionary and aims to shatter the Western image of a placid savior with fair hair and blue eyes." ""The important thing about the message of Christ was that it is universal. It doesn't matter what he looked like."
Directed by Mark Dornford-May, who won the Golden Bear for best film at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival for U-Carmen eKhayelitsha. Filmed in South Africa. CNN review and Guardian (London) review

[South Africa] National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa: Promotes the South African film and video industry, domestically and internationally. Has documents (European Union - South Africa Film Symposium, Nov. 2000; the 2001 Johannesburg Indaba), a directory of resources for Production, Studio Hire, Media, Equipment, Distribution, Stock Shots, Archiving and Storage; important industry organizations, funding sources, hiring sources, industry statistics, the full text of two reports by Howard Thomas (Pitching Secrets, The Ratings Game), and a Newsletter. http://www.nfvf.co.za/

South African Film and TV Discussion List: Discussion on the South African film and TV industry. To join, send e-mail to: listserver@unseen.aztec.co.za
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South African Film Web Site: Film news, workshops, film festivals, film industry jobs. A directory of mainly South African organisations: Broadcasters, Regulators, Grant Providers, Financiers, Distributors, Collectives, Unions and Guilds, Film Schools and General. Advice for film makers, documents / articles about the South African film industry, links to film-related web sites. [KF] http://www.safilm.org.za

South African International Documentary Festival, Encounters: Film festival and workshops, held in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The festival began in 1999. http://www.encounters.co.za

SPIA Media Productions, Inc.: Film company founded by Cape Verdean Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins. Films distributed include Sarraounia (Director: Med Hondo, based on the true story of the 19th century Queen of the Aznas, Sarraounia, who was trained from birth as a warrior and leader), Testamento (soundtrack scored by Cape Verdean musician Tito Paris, and features an appearance by Cesaria Evora), Spirit of Cape Verde (celebrates