Not surprisingly, movies about South Africa usually revolve around the struggle for freedom and the brutality of the apartheid regime. And you’d think that the life and times of Mandela, a freedom ...

It was Chinua Achebe who once observed that "until the lions have their own historians, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter''. Kenya and Africa generally have not fully appreciated ...

Those low-budget, straight-to-disc movies shaped the tone, aesthetic, and storyline patterns that Nollywood later adopted and ...

A film about the genocide in Rwanda, a Senegalese retooling of a classic diva story, and a West Indian director’s made-for-TV movie about the most memorable prison riot in recent American history, ...

It's yet another interesting time for African movie lovers as the 11th Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) is shaping up to be a celebration of African film at its best. Four standout movies ...

When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director was a little wary. “A24 is such a brand — and brands always frighten me,” she says over Zoom ...

Two riveting new films by recent graduates from the MultiChoice Talent Factory West Africa Academy are poised to premiere on Africa Magic channels. The two thrilling movies, Gone and Everything Light ...

Who is Mati Diop? Mati Diop is a hugely talented and innovative film director. She is also an accomplished actor who has starred in a number of French films, in particular Claire Denis's 35 Shots of ...

The Japan Foundation will begin distributing Japanese movies online for free in all 54 countries of the African continent on Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the ninth Tokyo International Conference ...