This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President. His reward, and his fate, will not surprise anyone.

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.

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

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unname...

In the heart of the mountain, an elusive and invisible observer witnesses an infamous spectacle. His...

Five unrelated tales: (1) "The Ravishing Queen" / "La Reina Bella", in which the queen choses a king...

A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war ...

Back home in Bujumbura with a Parisian diploma in his pocket and expecting to walk into a civil serv...

Tourneur, a self-proclaimed cinéaste, feuds with Cinema and his gang, who are obsessed with foreign ...
An African mother will do just about anything to protect her child. Bilaly is a simple peasant who i...

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the s...

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the milita...

A young mute woman is raped and becomes pregnant, with disastrous consequences within her family. Th...

Mairy, a thirty-year-old woman from Philippines, works in a village in Cyprus. She takes care of Mr....

Two boys with different experiences and goals meet up in a sprawling African market. One is looking ...

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...

The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

A driven candidate moments before the most important point of his career. A desperate thug moments b...