7.1
Tasuma: The Fighter
IMDb: 7.1 2004 90 min
A village elder veteran expecting his pension buys a mill on credit for the community, but the repeated requests ignored by the government bring ...
6.7
Sia, the Myth of the Python
IMDb: 6.7 2001 96 min
Every year the most beautiful girl will be sacrificed to the Python God. When a girl named Sia is the next to be sacrificed, she hides in the ...
7
Samba Traoré
IMDb: 7 1993 85 min
Samba Traore returns to his village flush with funds. Soon enough he manages to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along with ...
6.3
Wallay
IMDb: 6.3 2017 84 min
Ady, a 13 years old boy, no longer listens to his father who raises him alone. The latter, running out of resources, decides to entrust Ady to ...
7
Faro: Goddess of the Waters
IMDb: 7 2007 96 min
Zanga is driven out of his village. After many years, he returns to find out who is father is. At the moment of his arrival, something happens ...
6.4
The Choice
IMDb: 6.4 1987 80 min
Poverty and misery are rife in Gourga, a village in the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: stay and await international assistance or leave for ...
6.6
Ouaga Saga
IMDb: 6.6 2004
In the capital of Burkina Faso, a band of young people tries to survive and thrive vis-a-vis the thousand and one temptations. Adventures of a ...
6.8
Buud Yam
IMDb: 6.8 1997 97 min
In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. ...
6.4
Ashakara
IMDb: 6.4 1991 98 min
An African doctor finds a cure to a deadly virus and decides to mass produce the drug at low cost in Africa. However, a pharmaceutical ...
7.0
The Law
IMDb: 7.0 1990 81 min
Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended ...
7.1
Sarraounia
IMDb: 7.1 1986 120 min
On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the ...
6.8
Rabi
IMDb: 6.8 1992 62 min
A blacksmith falls off his bicycle when he tries to avoid a tortoise which crosses his path. He brings the animal home to his twelve year old ...
6.5
Guimba the Tyrant
IMDb: 6.5 1996 93 min
The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali. ...
7.1
Dreams of Dust
IMDb: 7.1 2008 82 min
Nigerian farmer Mocktar comes to Essakane, a dusty gold mining camp in Burkina Faso, seeking work. Haunted by a tragedy-laden past, Mocktar ...
6.8
Adanggaman
IMDb: 6.8 2000 90 min
In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy ...
7.8
Burkinabè Rising – The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso
IMDb: 7.8 2018
A small, landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists and engaged citizens, who provide an example ...
6.2
The Heart’s Cry
IMDb: 6.2 1994 86 min
This drama focuses upon the psychological adjustment problems of a young boy whose family moves him from Africa to Paris, France. Moctar, a boy ...
6.9
Sankofa
IMDb: 6.9 1993 124 min
An African-American model on a film shoot in Ghana is transported into the body of a slave on a Southern plantation. Release: Sankofa 1993 ...