The best sports films have no play in them
Tunde Kelani's "Maami," a tale about a former professional footballer, is bold and stylish film-making, and it deserves a wide audience.
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The 19th New York African Film Festival: ‘Playing Warriors’
It’s not hard to see why Rumbi Katedza’s first feature has been described as a Zimbabwean
The 19th New York African Film Festival: ‘How to steal 2 million’
In South African director Charlie Vundla’s “How to Steal 2 Million,” Johannesburg is equated with “a
Walking on water
From the Otelo Burning soundtrack (we still owe the soundtrack a review), here’s ‘Walk on Water’
The talented Tajdin sisters
They're making a film about "a love story set in Cape Town South Africa that chronicles the life of Leila, a young Cape Malay girl who falls in love with an American boy, Derek, who happens to be black."
The Sudanese pioneer of African cinema
In 1969, Gadalla Gubara and his friends, Ousmane Sembene, Timité Bassori and Mustapha Alassane came up with an idea: FESPACO.
The Price of Leadership
A new series of documentaries explore the politics of leadership via an imaginative, malleable, deeply personal treatment of history.
This is democracy
In Durban, South Africa, “shackdwellers are taking their municipality to court. The government evicted poor residents
The Invisible Christians
A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they're firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.
Casting Djimon Hounsou
Actor Djimon Hounsou doesn't take his own advice about the media he makes about Africa.
World famous in South Africa
Detriot singer Sixto Rodriguez’ albums are masterpieces - at times on par with some of Bob Dylan's work - but he was only famous in South Africa
A visual history of African LGBTQ
A quick review of films showing at two festivals with a focus on gay people: The Out in Africa Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Out in Africa
Writing gays and lesbians into the political and social history of South Africa – a history from which LGBT people are so often obscured and ignored.
The Afrikaans Film Template
Feature films produced for the Afrikaans market in South Africa, have many distinctive characteristics, including that they're exclusively white.
Film: “Imagining Emanuel”
Leo Goldsmith and Rachael Rakes, film editors at Brooklyn Rail, write about the documentary film “Imagining
A miserable fraud
The power to choose on social media who is to be the next target of America’s moral manhunt, all with the benediction of a panel of biddable celebrities.
Arab Women Filmmakers in Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg1IHGKPoQg ‘A Game’ is a short fiction film from 2010 by Sudanese director Marwa Zein, based
How to make a movie about Muslims
The South African comedy drama, "Material," portrays Muslims and Islam without resorting to the regular comedic clichés and slapstick.
Marrakech Biennale looks North
Kicking off this week is the 4th Marrakech Biennale. The opening days will see performances, debates,
Dabbling in the sublime
The 2012 edition of the Berlinale includes a number of films from Africa or with African themes.