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Year Title Director Genre Notes 1972: When Fate Hardens (also known as Destiny is Very Hard): Abdella Zarok: feature film [4]1974: The Road: Mohamed Shaaban: feature film [4]1976 ...
Cinema of Africa covers both the history and present of the making or screening of films on the African continent, and also refers to the persons involved in this form of audiovisual culture. It dates back to the early 20th century, when film reels were the primary cinematic technology in use.
This list includes: African cinema, films related to any country in Africa, or films from the Africa diaspora/individuals within the diaspora, in which English is wholly or partially spoken. This list also includes television films or mini-series.
English A Northern Affair is a 2014 Ghanaian-Nigerian romantic drama film directed by Leila Djansi , and starring John Dumelo , Joselyn Dumas & Kofi Adjorlolo . [ 3 ] It won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards .
The film tells the uplifting story of a young teenage African British boy who is taken back to the land of his mother's birth, but then gets mysteriously lost in a foreboding forest and embarks on a magical journey that teaches him about himself and the mystery of the father he has never seen.
Yeelen was met with wide critical success [4] and has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made." [5]It was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first African film to win a prize in the festival's history.
The film draws on the African oral tradition. [7] Set in a nineteenth century village, it follows a group of characters from Kaboré's debut film Wend Kuuni. [8] Wend Kuuni (Serge Yanogo) is a young man who is suspected of being responsible, through the use of sorcery, for his adopted sister's ill health. To help his sister, and clear his name ...
A United Kingdom is a 2016 biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe – one of many tribes found in then Bechuanaland Protectorate – with his wife Ruth Williams Khama. [7]