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Bad Black · 2016

UgandaEnglish

Fish Bowl · 2020

RwandaKinyarwanda

Married to Work · 2023

Kenya

I Want to Be a Pilot · 2006

Kenya

Our Lady of the Nile · 2020

RwandaFrench

Minimals in a Titanic World · 2025

RwandaKinyarwanda

Golden Dhow · ZIFF 2021

Tug of War · 2024

TanzaniaSwahili

White Shadow · 2013

TanzaniaSwahili

Where Are You Taking Me? · 2012

Uganda

For Today · 2009

Ethiopia

Memories of Love Returned · 2024

Uganda

Gold · FESPACO 2019

The Mercy of the Jungle · 2019

RwandaFrench

TikTok · 2015

Uganda

Fishing Without Nets · 2014

KenyaSomali

Voice of State · 2026

Faya Dayi · 2021

Lusala · 2019

Rain · 2016

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