The AFF Films Archive is a catalogue of titles presented by AFF since 1993, when AFF established the first New York African Film Festival, and includes titles specially selected for AFF programs each year. The Films Archive contains film synopses, linked to directors’ biographies and filmographies. Find a film, director, or actor using our website search form in the menu above. Sort the title listing below by alphabetical order or by selecting a letter key from the “tag cloud” to the side.

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The Education of Auma Obama, Branwen Okpako, Kenya/Germany/Nigeria, 2011, 79min.
  • The Education of Auma Obama
  • Director: Branwen Okpako, Germany, 2011, 79 min.
  • Languages: English, German, Luo and Swahili

  • New York Premiere Branwen Okpako’s The Education of Auma Obama is a captivating and intimate portrait of the U.S. president’s older half-sister, who embodies a post-colonial, feminist identity. An academic overachiever, she studied linguistics and contemporary dance in Heidelberg, Germany, …
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Sedrot Last Exit, Osvalde Lewat, Cameroon / France / Belgium, 2011, 80 min.
  • Sderot, Last Exit
  • Director: Osvalde Lewat, Cameroon / France / Belgium, 2011, 80 min.

  • U.S. Premiere The new documentary by French-Cameroonian journalist and filmmaker Osvalde Lewat is a high-risk attempt to portray the contradictions that arise in the Sderot film school, two kilometers from the Gaza border in the south of Israel. Created with …
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Playing Warriors, Rumbi Katedza, Zimbabwe, 2011, 78min.
  • Playing Warriors
  • Director: Rumbi Katedza, Zimbabwe, 2011, 78 min.
  • Languages: English and Shona

  • U.S. Premiere This modern comedy from Zimbabwean female writer and filmmaker Rumbi Katedza, is a universal story of women’s struggles to balance the expectations of their elders with their own desires. Nyarai, the lead character, is a successful independent woman …
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Outside The Law, Rachid Bouchareb, Algeria/France, 2010, 138min.
  • Outside the Law / Hors la loi
  • Director: Rachid Bouchareb, Algeria/France, 2010, 138 min.
  • Languages: French, Arabic and English

  • Co-presented by 3rd i From acclaimed writer-director Rachid Bouchareb (Indigènes) comes this epic story–a 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film–of three brothers who fight for Algeria’s independence from France following World War II. After losing their family home …
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