African Cinema
by krishaamer | created - 29 Dec 2010 | updated - 25 Mar 2014 | Public- Genres
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1. Moolaadé (2003)
Unrated | 124 min | Drama
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda
Votes: 4,150 | Gross: $0.21M
2. Mortu Nega (1988)
85 min | Drama, War
The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. She finds him at last and saves his life. When peace finally ... See full summary »
Director: Flora Gomes | Stars: Bia Gomes, Tunu Eugenio Almada, Mamadu Uri Balde, Pedro da Silva
Votes: 100
3. The Blue Eyes of Yonta (1992)
90 min | Drama
A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, a hero of the war of independence. Vicente is unaware of her passion ... See full summary »
Director: Flora Gomes | Stars: Maysa Marta, Pedro Dias, Antonio Simao Mendes, Mohamed Lamine Seidi
Votes: 155
4. Yefon
Drama, History, Romance | Announced
An illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution.
Director: Kevin Natera | Stars: Adriana Barraza, Leleti Khumalo, Sahndra Fon Dufe, Kalu Ikeagwu
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