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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  • Ezra
  • Director: Newton I. Aduaka, Nigeria / France, 2007, 110 min.
  • Languages: English

  • One fateful morning, as seven-year-old Ezra skips on his way to school, he is kidnapped by rebels and taken into the jungle to be trained as a soldier. Seven years later, Ezra sits in front of a Truth and Reconciliation …
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  • Everyone's Child
  • Director: Tsitsi Dangaremba, Zimbabwe, 1995, 85 min.
  • Languages: English

  • Everyone’s Child is the story of two children’s abrupt journey into a strange world of adult responsibility after the death of their parents. When their family and neighbors turn their heads, Itai tries his luck in the big city, while …
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  • Ethiopian Campaign
  • Director: Archival Newsreel, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1941, 21 min.
  • Languages: English

  • Emperor Haile Selassie returns home to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) after his exile during the Italian occupation. British and Indian troops fight against Italians to “liberate a stolen empire,” and Selassie raises the red, green and gold flag.

  • Enraged By A Picture
  • Director: Zanele Muholi, South Africa, 2005, 14 min.
  • Languages: English

  • A photographer, Muholi is celebrating her exhibition in Johannesburg. Efficiently confrontational, the exhibition causes a stir and provokes an outcry on a subject that is particularly taboo: being black, and in this case, being lesbian. Forthright and beautifully shot, each …
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