"Cinq jours d’une vie" is about a young man, N'Tji, orphaned at an early age, who lives under the supervision of his uncle. He is sent to Koranic school, where he is forced to memorize and recite verses of the Koran; soon, N’Tji escapes and begins to craft his own destiny. Unfortunately, he is found and thrown in prison, and must live with the implications upon release. In this film, Cissé explores the institution of the Koranic school and its detrimental effects on young people’s autonomy and ability to explore their futures.

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

A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another cu...

In Africa in the fifties, during the Mau-Mau war, young Patricia's friendship with a lion she raised...

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the so...

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later...

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

Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. I...

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Ma...

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

Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Ma...

A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the suga...

A city with its problems. A gang of abandoned children provide for themselves and pose as heroes. Th...

The story of Quincy Bosomfield who is the product of colonial education and has risen to become the ...

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...

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

At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. In a village, a young women w...

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, a...

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

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie...