Yes it is that time of year. “The Best of 2009” lists. Spin Earth, the web-based project of music magazine, “Spin,”(it relies on “300 cultural correspondents in 75 major cities spanning all continents”) has published a list of “the top documentaries.”

Two films about African music made the cut: “Fokofpolisiekar” about the postapartheid Afrikaans punk-rock group by the same name, and “Three Chords, Four Countries, One Revolution: Punk in Africa,” a film about punk music in Apartheid South Africa. I have not seen either of these and I understand the second film is not even completed. Anyway here are the trailers:

“Fokofpolisiekar”:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJeUlBs7Ws&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

“Punk in Africa”:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upv7vN9sEYk&hl=en_US&fs=1&]