African Faves
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1. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,200 | Gross: $0.05M
2. Banel & Adama (2023)
87 min | Drama
A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.
Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy | Stars: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Moussa Sow
Votes: 404
3. Kati Kati (2016)
75 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young woman with no memory of her life or death, is helped with assimilation to the afterlife by a ghost.
Director: Mbithi Masya | Stars: Nyokabi Gethaiga, Elsaphan Njora, Paul Ogola, Peter King Nzioki
Votes: 161
4. Country Queen (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
When an invasive mining company threatens the existence of her village, a city girl caught between two worlds must return home, overcome her painful past to save the village and find herself in the process.
Stars: Melissa Kiplagat, Melvin Alusa, Nini Wacera, Blessing Lungaho
Votes: 292
5. No Simple Way Home (2022)
83 min | Documentary
As peace in South Sudan hangs in the balance, a mother and her two daughters return home from exile. The mother's mission is to safeguard her late husband's vision while her daughters struggle with what it means to call South Sudan home.
Director: Akuol de Mabior | Star: Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior
Votes: 27
6. Rafiki (2018)
83 min | Drama, Romance
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Director: Wanuri Kahiu | Stars: Samantha Mugatsia, Neville Misati, Nice Githinji, Charlie Karumi
Votes: 3,299 | Gross: $0.14M
7. Maria Kristu (2021)
Drama
In her desire for freedom, sixteen-year-old Buumba must go against the norms and doctrine of the Maria Kristu Church.
Director: Paul Wilo | Stars: Ezekiel Banda, Paula Chanda, Sunday Gatawa, Lawrence Destiny Kachofwa
8. Vaya (2016)
TV-MA | 115 min | Drama
Three people board a Johannesburg-bound train. Strangers, each on their own mission with a simple task to complete and in search of family to help them. But when they are betrayed by the ... See full summary »
Director: Akin Omotoso | Stars: Mncedisi Shabangu, Sihle Xaba, Msimang Sibusiso, Zimkhitha Nyoka
Votes: 127
9. Dora's Peace (2016)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dora, a Hillbrow prostitute shields a gifted young boy from the violent clutches of organized crime. In the process she may discover aspects of her own lost humanity.
Director: Konstandino Kalarytis | Stars: Denel Honeyball, Danny Keogh, Paballo Koza, Yule Masiteng
Votes: 65
10. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2019)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | Stars: Mary Twala, Jerry Mofokeng, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng
Votes: 1,454
11. The Two of Us (2014)
94 min | Drama
Set in Alexandra township, South Africa, a brother and sister journey through life knowing they have no one but each other. Schoolgirl Zanele falls in love with an older man where a series of events are set in motion and reveal much more.
Director: Ernest Nkosi | Stars: Emmanuel Nkosinathi Gweva, Busisiwe Mtshali, Mpho Modikoane, Thato Dhladla
Votes: 36
12. Atlantics (2019)
TV-14 | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.
Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Traore, Nicole Sougou
Votes: 10,499
13. You're My Favourite Place (2022)
90 min | Drama
On the last day of their high school career, 4 friends from Duncan Village go on a life-defining road trip, by stealing a taxi and heading to the remote landmark of 'Hole in the Wall', where Xhosa legend has it you can talk to the dead.
Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Stars: Tumie Ngumla, Awethu Hleli, Niza Jay, Khayakazi Kula
Votes: 38
14. Saint Omer (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
Follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Director: Alice Diop | Stars: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit
Votes: 5,059
15. Flatland (2019)
117 min | Adventure, Western
A contemporary Western, a journey of self-discovery for three different but equally trapped women. A portrait of femininity against a hostile land, questioning what it means to be a woman today in South Africa and the world at large.
Director: Jenna Cato Bass | Stars: Faith Baloyi, Nicole Fortuin, Izel Bezuidenhout, Eric Nobbs
Votes: 263
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