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CountryAll Egypt Nigeria South Africa Morocco Kenya Ghana Tunisia Senegal

LanguageAll Arabic English French Yoruba Afrikaans Swahili

GenreAll Drama Comedy Romance Documentary Thriller Action Crime Music

FestivalAll FESPACO AMAA AFRIFF ZIFF CIFF FIFM

DiasporaAll Afro-Caribbean African-American Afro-European Afro-French Afro-Brazilian

Paradise · 2026

Intimate Enemies · 2007

Crazy, Lovely, Cool · 2018

Up North · 2018

Lotanna · 2017

Nimbe · 2019

El Sett · 2025

Anner House · 2007

Jozi-H · 2006

A Muslim Childhood · 2005

The Chain Gang Killings · 1982

ZimbabweEnglish

Eternel · 2023

For Bread Alone · 2004

Jamaa · 2011

Ayrak · 2015

The Shepherd and the Women · 1991

Hamida · 1966

Le Petit Soldat · 1963

Yomeddine · 2018

Bambitious · 2014

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A discovery layer over African and diaspora cinema — built from Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), and the TMDB API. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

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