#african cinema

[dailyworldcinema]

Yeelen (1987) Dir. Souleymane Cissé

[folditdouble]

Women in Film Challenge 2024: [7/52] Fig Tree, dir. Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian (Israel/France/Ethiopia/Germany, 2018)

You wanted to get rid of your fear, but you swallowed it instead.

[sacrameretrix]

Phyllis by Zina Saro-Wiwa

[dyingenigma]

Faat Kinè dir. Ousmane Sembenè

[celluloidrainbow]

TCHINDAS (2015) dir. Pablo García Pérez de Lara & Marc Serena Tchinda is one of most beloved women in Cape Verde, especially after she came out as a transgender in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the term used by locals to name queer Cape Verdeans. Despite her great reputation, Tchinda remains humble and every afternoon she happily tours the neighborhood to sell her best "coxinhas", a classic treat coming all the way from Brazil, delicious fried balls of chicken. But every February everything changes; it's the month leading up to Carnaval, when the slow-paced atmosphere of the island transforms into a frenzied hustle and bustle as thousands flock to the streets. The days before the festivities are hectic, and the locals join forces to create something beautiful out of nothing. (link in title)

[cinemabywomen]

Mossane (Safi Faye, 1996)

[musidoro]

DAKAN (1997), directed by Mohamed Camara

[allweknewisdead]

Ceddo (1977) - Ousmane Sembène

[maggiecheungs]

OUR LADY OF THE NILE (2019) dir. Atiq Rahimi

[beingharsh]

Atlantics (2019), dir. Mati Diop

[romanticswamp]

Bamako (2006)

[dailyworldcinema]

NEPTUNE FROST (2021) dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman

[folditdouble]

Women in Film Challenge 2023: [32/52] Mossane, dir. Safi Faye (Senegal/Germany, 1996)

Mossane wants to love, and we drown her love in stories of money and “given words”! We construct these ploys without asking for her opinion.

[a-pint-of-j-and-b]

Hyènes | 1992 | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal

[dyingenigma]

Faya Dayi (2021) dir. Jessica Beshir

[celluloidrainbow]

NEPTUNE FROST (2021) dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman In the hilltops of Rwanda a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources - and its people. When Neptune, an intersex runaway, and Matalusa, a miner, find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. (link in title)