After a young boy dies of meningitis, Napoko Diarrha (Yaméogo) is accused of eating his soul because of a local sexist tradition. While this happens, her husband feels disgraced that Diarrha resists the idea of marrying off their daughter, so he exactes his revenge by spreading a dangerous rumor that would probably get her killed. Because of this, Diarrha's fate falls into the village elder's hands. When she finds out she will go trial, she decides to flee to the nearest town, Ouagadougou, before that can take place. After successfully leaving her village, Diarrha's age causes her health to decline, while her daughter grows up. Some time later, her daughter decides to travel to Ouagadougou, in search of her missing mother. Once they are reconnected, they attempt to escape from their male-dominated society.

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Be...

Co-directed by Blackwood and Julien, the first full-length feature film by Sankofa Film and Video of...

In Algeria in 1954, in a village in the Aurès region, poverty reigns over peasants enslaved by colon...

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat capta...

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...

A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the d...

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that...

Young Africans in Paris face insecurity and vague future. Should they stay in France, or return to t...

Life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s is vividly highlighted in this mild drama. In the s...

A black and a white woman meets in Dar es Salam because of their men, and starts a friendship, despi...

On their wedding night, a couple rescue a baby from a garbage bin only to adopt it some years later.

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a ...

Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African dese...

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchfu...

An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt t...

David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern A...