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poster
Hulu
81
6.9
/81543/
73
/5003/
76
/2275/
3.7
/180739/
94
/277/
99
/3512/
76
/53/
cc age 15+

The Woman King (2022)
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/90339/
76
/3703/
75
/1813/
4.0
/90429/
91
/149/
92
/544/
79
/30/
cc age 18+

Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
poster
77
6.5
/576/
63
/35/
59
/12/
3.5
/2730/
97
/38/
87
/8/

Mami Wata (2023)
In the oceanside village of Iyi, the revered Mama Efe acts as an intermediary between the people and the all-powerful water deity Mami Wata. But when a young boy is lost to a virus, Efe’s devoted but rebellious daughter Zinwe and skeptical protégé Prisca warn Efe about unrest among the villagers. With the sudden arrival of a mysterious rebel deserter named Jasper, a conflict erupts, leading to a violent clash of ideologies and a crisis of faith for the people of Iyi.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/7144/
65
/162/
70
/209/
3.7
/6618/
88
/8/
82
/63/

Coup de Torchon (1981)
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
poster
75
65
7.3
/13032/
74
/675/
73
/537/
3.4
/6575/
83
/6/
79
/8/
cc age 18+

Palm Trees in the Snow (2015)
Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
40
7.1
/639/
68
/20/
73
/15/
3.9
/2147/
78
/6/

Emitaï (1973)
As World War II rages in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
poster
Kanopy
71
31
6.7
/425/
67
/28/
72
/53/
3.6
/1998/
81
/1/

Aya of Yop City (2013)
While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking and flirting with boys. Their ambition is to follow Plan C: Combs, Clothes and Chasing Men! But big trouble comes to town when Adjoua realizes she’s pregnant, and the baby’s father is the spoiled son of one of the richest and most feared men in the whole country.
poster
Netflix
50
29
5.6
/1874/
60
/154/
57
/84/
2.8
/785/
21
/6/
cc age 16+

Black Beach (2020)
Carlos, a ruthless Spanish negotiation expert working in Brussels, is tasked with handling the kidnapping of a senior oil company executive in a troubled West African country —with which he has old and deep ties—, torn by ethnic tensions and government abuses.
poster
Kanopy
66
17
6.3
/226/
60
/8/
73
/15/
3.5
/738/

Destiny (1997)
Manga tries to tell his parents he is gay and in love with Sory, another 20-year old. His parents do not believe him and his mother attempts witchcraft.
poster
?
74
/9/

The Way Back (2024)
The Year of Return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest in the continent. This film documents one diasporan family as they return to Africa.
poster
?
6.9
/24/
10
/1/
30
/1/

Beyond the Night (1983)
While running a free medical clinic in the 1960s, missionary couple John and Bettie Dreisbach face heavy government opposition in their attempt to preach the Gospel to the Muslim community of West Africa.
poster
?
10
/1/

Phillips Bicycles - Publicity Films for West Africa (1954)
From the West Midlands to West Africa: tour the Phillips bicycle plant in Smethwick and see the products in action overseas.
poster
?
70
/1/

Harmattan
Survival and paranoia will be the forces that destroy a bond between two recruits when their camp's only source of water runs out.
poster
?
85
/2/

Razzia sur l'Atlantique (2023)
Since the 1970s and the influx of European, Chinese, Russian, and Turkish trawlers, West African waters have been overexploited. Whether for fishing or fishmeal production, these foreign powers have endangered the livelihoods of local fishermen and artisans.
poster
?
100
/1/

Mögöbalu, Les Maîtres des Tambours d'Afrique (1998)
N/A
poster
?
70
/1/

The New Boats (2021)
The New Boats is an investigative documentary that presents an eye-opening look at the impact of international industrialized fishing in West African waters and its disastrous effect on local communities at a critical point in Sierra Leone's history.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
7.0
/7/
100
/1/
90
/1/

Vaillante (2021)
24-year-old child marriage activist, Sali, is on a mission to end the harmful practice of child marriage. She seems to be the only person able to help the 14-year-old, soon-to-be child bride, Adi, living in a rural West African village. The tale of Adi's uncertain future and Sali's painful past shows the devastating impact child marriage can have over multiple generations as well as the bravery it takes to speak out against it.
poster
?
10
/1/

Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water (1991)
Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints the religious houses of the vodun. Haas and his film crew follow Cyprien as he first paints and then takes part in the ceremony to open a new temple. The paintings include three vodun figures and several emblems, including a pipe and a duck. Cyprien explains his work in the context of the religion and takes the crew to film two other local ceremonies, one where the dead are believed to come back to instruct the living through wild dancing and, another, where women warriors perform their war dances.
poster
?
8.2
/29/
45
/2/
78
/4/

Djembefola (1991)
African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!
poster
?
7.8
/34/
58
/2/

Shady Chocolate (2012)
Ever since it was revealed that the chocolate industry is involved with child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the industry has been busy – due to consumer demands – explaining what exactly it does to actively fight trafficking and child labour. But does the industry live up to its own promises?In this investigative film, director Miki Mistrati tries to find out, if the chocolate industry – which is one of the largest corporations in the world – speak the truth, when they say that they provide education, medical care etc for the children of the Ivory Coast. But the project runs into trouble already from the get-go, because the embassy of the Ivory Coast won’t let Miki enter the country until he has an invitation – from the chocolate industry.
poster
?
8.2
/15/
40
/2/
70
/1/

Idemuza (2017)
When a desolate and vulnerable girl is forced to enter an orphanage with her younger siblings, she must overcome harsh adversity and hardship to propel herself to a hopeful, academic future.
poster
70
?
5.8
/261/
75
/9/
77
/9/

Break Free - Two People. Two Years. One Dream (2019)
When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good.
poster
?
10
/1/

Tesito (1989)
In 1989, this film was part of the PAMEZ project in Senegal which was part of the sea program of the CCFD, Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development. It presents the economic and social role of women in the Casamance region for the development of fishing. These women who process and market fish, who are responsible for management, have a voice and express their opinion.
poster
76
?
7.5
/410/
80
/14/
72
/8/
3.4
/296/
85
/5/

The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)
A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.
poster
?
6.6
/48/
75
/2/
64
/5/

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)
The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.
poster
?
6.2
/15/
10
/1/

Selbe: One Among Many (1983)
This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with sole responsibility for their families. Through the character of Selbe we observe how one woman's personal struggle reflects the broader issues faced by many women in developing countries.
poster
?

Me dicen Yovo (1995)
While working as a photographer in Benin, West Africa, a two-week trip will turn into a two months personal journey. Me dicen Yovo (I'm a Yovo) is a visual diary of that experience. A Peruvian traveller is an odd presence in Benin whose ethnic a cultural identities are constantly creating unique situations, and provoking original thoughts on what it means to be from the "third world".
poster
?

Bumpa (2025)
This documentary will explore the Afro-Caribbean dance, ‘whining’ alongside the practice of twerking to analyze respectability politics, pressures to accommodate whiteness, and gendered criticism of sexual expression within the Black diaspora. Using archival footage of West African dance, expert opinion from dancing and gender studies professors, and the active participation of partygoers in a dance experiment, Watkins will paint the picture of the defiance, autonomy, and ancestral veneration intrinsic to these traditional movement styles.
poster
?

True Affection (2025)
Sewa, a young woman living in Lagos who is constantly interrogated by her friends and family about her prolonged lack of romantic relationships, seems to find a suitable admirer, but a strange presence in her dreams complicates the matter.
poster
Kanopy
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Love and Sex in West Africa (2022)
Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Senegal – when it comes to love and sex, these African countries are caught between tradition and modernity.
poster
?

The Sahel Cuisine: Fura Da Nono (2024)
A documentary film about the art and process of making Fura Da Nono - a type of food that is originated from West Africa's Sahel region, one of the many unique traditions of the Fulani people which has been preserved for centuries.
poster
?

Operation Khukri
Based on the harrowing real-life events from 2000, when 233 Indian soldiers were held hostage by rebel forces in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and the subsequent high-risk rescue mission that followed. Major General Raj Pal Punia (then a young Company Commander of the 14th Mechanised Infantry) navigated both the tense standoff and the extraordinary rescue operation amid challenging jungle warfare conditions.


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