In the Beginning

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find...

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed...

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

A young mute woman is raped and becomes pregnant, with disastrous consequences within her family. The film also sketches the social/economic...

Back home in Bujumbura with a Parisian diploma in his pocket and expecting to walk into a civil service job, Gito finds himself both unemployed and...

Two boys with different experiences and goals meet up in a sprawling African market. One is looking for a job, to get back what was stolen from him...

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging...

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat...

A couple sets up an African game preserve, only to have British and Italian armies fight over the waterholes.

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots...

Ali is the image of modern Africa. He happily returns from a football match on his motorbike but a nasty surprise is waiting for him at his parents'...

The story of Quincy Bosomfield who is the product of colonial education and has risen to become the district commissioner. In the process, he...