African History Movies

  • 2012
    Namibia: The Genocide of the Second Reich

    Namibia: The Genocide of the Second Reich

    Namibia: The Genocide of the Second Reich

    02012HD

    Between 1904 and 1907, Germany has committed his first genocide in Namibia and has explicitly planned the extermination of two people : the Namas and...

    Namibia: The Genocide of the Second Reich
  • 1970
    '77: The FESTAC Conspiracy

    '77: The FESTAC Conspiracy

    '77: The FESTAC Conspiracy

    01970HD

    A former serviceman joins a movement to challenge the continent's political status quo during the Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture...

    '77: The FESTAC Conspiracy
  • 2022
    Out of Darkness: Heavy is the Crown (Vol. 1)

    Out of Darkness: Heavy is the Crown (Vol. 1)

    Out of Darkness: Heavy is the Crown (Vol. 1)

    92022HD

    An examination of how Africa's mythological stories have served as the basis for the world religions that came after, especially in Western...

    Out of Darkness: Heavy is the Crown (Vol. 1)
  • 1966
    Report on the History of Ethiopia

    Report on the History of Ethiopia

    Report on the History of Ethiopia

    01966HD

    This is the second part of a four parts series of documentaries on Ethiopia made by the German television journalist Klaus Stephan in the mid 60ies.

    Report on the History of Ethiopia
  • 1994
    Voyage à Tombouctou

    Voyage à Tombouctou

    Voyage à Tombouctou

    101994HD

    Voyage à Tombouctou
  • 1996
    Burundi, Under Terror

    Burundi, Under Terror

    Burundi, Under Terror

    01996HD

    Burundi, 21st October 1993: The Democratically elected President Ndadaye is assassinated by a group of Tutsi officers. Another round of reprisals and...

    Burundi, Under Terror
  • 2017
    We Who Remain

    We Who Remain

    We Who Remain

    7.52017HD

    Sudan, Southern Kordofan, the Nuba Mountains in Africa. Scenes from the forgotten war that the fighters of the Nuba people have held since 2011...

    We Who Remain
  • 1973
    Kenyatta

    Kenyatta

    Kenyatta

    01973HD

    Jomo Kenyatta's death in 1978 brought to an end a political career that encompassed more than 50 years of African history. Kenyatta entered politics...

    Kenyatta
  • 2014
    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    02014HD

    75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist...

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America
  • 1989
    A Lesson in History

    A Lesson in History

    A Lesson in History

    01989HD

    Lesson in History was produced when Peters was a student at the West Surrey School of Art and Design. Having read The People Could Fly by Virginia...

    A Lesson in History
  • 1995
    A Republic Gone Mad: Rwanda 1894-1994

    A Republic Gone Mad: Rwanda 1894-1994

    A Republic Gone Mad: Rwanda 1894-1994

    71995HD

    A history of racialism in Rwanda, from the European colonization to the 1994 genocide.

    A Republic Gone Mad: Rwanda 1894-1994
  • 2018
    Totems and Taboos

    Totems and Taboos

    Totems and Taboos

    72018HD

    In Brussels, Belgium, the Royal Museum of Central Africa is undertaking a radical renovation, both physical and ethical, to show with sincerity,...

    Totems and Taboos
  • 2025
    CARUKANGO

    CARUKANGO

    CARUKANGO

    02025HD

    CARUKANGO
  • 2025
    The Big Everything

    The Big Everything

    The Big Everything

    82025HD

    How’s the Big Everything? Garba asks Nicole. For them, the “Big Everything” encompasses family, politics, History, daily life, the...

    The Big Everything
  • 2022
    Samory

    Samory

    Samory

    02022HD

    Samory
  • 2011
    Abyssinia Ethiopia meeting point

    Abyssinia Ethiopia meeting point

    Abyssinia Ethiopia meeting point

    02011HD

    The meeting of Getnet, an Ethiopian Jew and Salomon, an orthodox Christian, takes us into the heart of Ethiopia’s history and religious...

    Abyssinia Ethiopia meeting point
  • 2005
    Cape Verde Independence, July 5 and 6 1975

    Cape Verde Independence, July 5 and 6 1975

    Cape Verde Independence, July 5 and 6 1975

    02005HD

    Cape Verde Independence, July 5 and 6 1975
  • 1974
    Liberation Struggle In Namibia

    Liberation Struggle In Namibia

    Liberation Struggle In Namibia

    01974HD

    The only film about SWAPO, the liberation movement in Namibia. About its civilian and armed struggle against South African occupation and economic...

    Liberation Struggle In Namibia