Resources on African Film

The News section of African Film Festival New York--interviews, articles, reviews and festival news.

An annotated guide to films and videos about Africa.

The AFF organizes an annual festival in New York, a travelling film series, and a variety of other initives. A site worth exploring, their news section has its own link.

An academic essay by N. Frank Ukadike on the history of African film.

Sells African films, mainly on VCD.

This company distributes films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe.

Offering a 25-page list of African videos. The Center also have over 2000 slides which can be borrowed. They will lend their videos and slides to educators in the U.S.

This video distrubtion company offers an extensive film catalog, descriptions and background on the films, lists their videos by topic.

The African Studies video collection includes the series "No Easy Walk" on the independence struggle in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, a video portrait of Chinua Achebe, films on South Africa, Liberia, Namibia, Eritrea, Mozambique, Angola, the Gambia, and other topics.

A blurbed list of films with information on availability by the University of California's African American Studies Department.

Formed in 1994 as an independent production company. Produced "Maangamizi - The Ancient One," "The Marriage of Mariamu," a Tanzanian-American co-production, and others.

A moderated electronic discussion group jointly sponsored by H-Net(Humanities- On-Line) and the African Literature Association to provide a forum for the discussion and exploration of African literature and cinema.

Monthly news magazine for the South African film, television, video, radio and multimedia industry.

Useful resources for the independent filmmaker. While focusing on the South African scene, there's useful stuff for everyone - film festival listings, film FAQs, books etc.

The largest distributor of women's media in North America.

An independent film and video production company based in Harare.