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Egyptian Films
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Rest of the World Films. Cairo is not a great place to be a woman! A fine film (if a little long) highlighting the abhorrent yet accepted contempt for women in Egypt. It is shocking how being a sex pest can become normalised or so customary for a nation's men. Bushra, Nelly Karim and Maged El Kedwany. This fine film starts off as a comical observation of the everyday goings on at Cairo Station, but evolves into a parable about the treatment of the less abled. Youssef Chahine and Hind Rostom. With quotes ...
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Ghanaian Films
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Rest of the World Films. Sankofa is the old guardian of the fort that imprisoned Africans for transport to the Americas. When Ghanaian model, Mona, has her photos taken there, Sankofa takes exception and spirits her back to a past life where she slaved as a house maid on a plantation. She recalls the horrors and humiliations of that life and the love she had for Shango (a shaman with a plan to overthrow the man). See other African Films. Director Search (coming soon). Actor Search (coming soon).
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Djibouti Films
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Rest of the World Films. Si le vent soulève les sables. In a dry, arid (nameless) African desert, a herdsman decides to take his family and livestock east when the water supply dries up. They wander through the endless desert finding the only water holes under the control of corrupt army officials. Can they endure thirst and the baking sun to make it to safer pastures? Isaka Sawadogo and Asma Nouman Aden. See other African Films. Director Search (coming soon). Actor Search (coming soon).
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Moroccan Films
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Rest of the World Films. Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue. Street kid, Ali, and his friends: Omar, Kwaita and Boubker. make a break from their gang. Its leader is not happy about it and in a confrontation Ali gets killed. His three friends swear to give him a proper burial - But with no money, a glue sniffing habit, a gang and the authorities on their trail. this mammoth undertaking becomes a true test of their loyalty. Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali and Hicham Moussoune. Les chevaux de Dieu.
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Chad Films
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Rest of the World Films. Un homme qui crie. An ex-swimming champion who has worked as a pool attendant for a holiday resort for 20 odd years, loses his beloved post to his son in a staff shake-up. Brimming with despair, he is indifferent to the chaos around him as the country descends into civil war. He must get his job back, but what price is he willing to pay? The difficult rivalry between father and son has never been told like this seemingly modest film which ends like a Greek tragedy. Superb.
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Cameroonian Films
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Rest of the World Films. A woman named 'France' returns to Cameroon, the country where she grew up. As she hikes her way to the local airport, she recalls her days as a young girl with her friend (and house servant) Protée, her father (a busy but loving army man), and her mother (a difficult, bossy woman with confused feelings for Protée). An interesting drama which portrays the uneasy tensions and relationships around a colonial household. Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi and François Cluzet.
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Eritrean Films
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Rest of the World Films. Set against the backdrop of the war to liberate Eritrea from Ethiopia; a headstrong young girl ends up boarding at a catholic school when her mother disappears. One day her father sends for her to come and live with his new family. She quickly learns she is there to do slave labour and complains, which lands herself and her sister in camp to train as a child soldier. See other African Films. Director Search (coming soon). Actor Search (coming soon).
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Congo Films
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Rest of the World Films. Films of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Whist in Kinshasa some French film-makers come across a street band of disabled musicians known as: Staff Benda Bilili. Awestruck by the music and their joie de vivre, the crew pool their money to help the band record an album. But as the band's shelter burns down and the crew's money runs out things look bleak. Can they complete their album? Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye. Eriq Ebouaney, Maka Kotto and Alex Descas. When a group...
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Angolan Films
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Rest of the World Films. The true story of the events which prompted the Liberation Movement to storm a prison, freeing political prisoners on 4th February 1961. The quality of the film is poor but the story is timeless and well told. Domingos de Oliveira and Elisa Andrade. See other African Films. Director Search (coming soon). Actor Search (coming soon). Some cookies are good to eat and others are good for website stuff.
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Mauritanian Films
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Rest of the World Films. In a sandy coastal town in Mauritania, the local characters watch on in mundane stasis as life, time and sands shift around them. Westernised boy Abdullah struggles to adapt to desert life and dreams of life in Europe. lively young Khatra dreams of becoming an electrician. a Chinese salesman plans to return home. and so on. Khatra Ould Abder Kader and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed. See other African Films. Director Search (coming soon). Actor Search (coming soon).
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