The New Boats

The Language You Cry In

THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their

1998

Djembefola

African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!

1991

Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water

Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints the religious houses of the vodun. Haas and his fi

1991

Cry Freetown

An account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing

2000

Phillips Bicycles - Publicity Films for West Africa

From the West Midlands to West Africa: tour the Phillips bicycle plant in Smethwick and see the products in action overseas.

1954

Multiplied

Chris Worthington sets out to document what the future of evangelism looks like. He invites you to get stranded in a West African dust storm, get shot

2024

On Freedom of Movement (wi de muv)

The film considers what it means to be free to move, not as in leave or flee, but to move. It explores the ability of the environments we live in – es

2024

Blood Diamonds

Blood Diamonds is a made-for-TV documentary series, originally broadcast on the History Channel, that looks into the trade of diamonds which fund rebe

2006

The Dark Side of Chocolate

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview

2010

Hell

Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: Pademba Road. The adult prison in Freetown. In hel

2019

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatogu

2019

The Way Back

The Year of Return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest

2024

Awoko

Shot over one night in the loud, dimly lit printing press, this is the story of the men whose labour lies behind Sierra Leone's oldest daily newspaper

2021

Mögöbalu, Les Maîtres des Tambours d'Afrique

1998

The Sahel Cuisine: Fura Da Nono

A documentary film about the art and process of making Fura Da Nono - a type of food that is originated from West Africa's Sahel region, one of the ma

2024

Break Free - Two People. Two Years. One Dream

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What t

2019

Shado'man

In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are

2013

Shady Chocolate

Ever since it was revealed that the chocolate industry is involved with child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the industry has been busy – due to consumer

2012

Selbe: One Among Many

This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibil

1983

Love and Sex in West Africa

Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Senegal – when it comes to love and sex, these African countries are caught between tradition and m

2022