Meanwhile, in Mali, Bakary prepares for his second attempt at crossing the Mediterranean, this time by following rituals prescribed by his marabout.

They travel from Senegal to Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso to connect with their father's other families and through the journey, find their own identity.

Now on #AfriDocs #Sisterhood Twin sisters Husinatu and Hassanatu decide to escape the bad economic prospects by emigrating to the middle East to become domestic workers. Watch Now

DFM 2025 Pitch and Finance Forum Call for projects // Deadline 19 Jan Open to feature length feature and documentary film projects and series projects with Africans in one of the three key creative roles. Durban FilmMart Institute website:

Now on #AfriDocs #Dorpie The small South African town of Bredasdorp has been shaken by a series of rapes and murders of women. Femicide and violence against women reach pandemic levels in the country as a whole. Watch Now

Now on #AfriDocs #GangsterProject In Cape Town, South Africa, one of the world's most violent and unequal societies, a young white film student sets out with his cameraman to make a “gangster film,” with real gangsters. Watch Now

Bangla Surf Girls is an immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where we witness the transformation of young girls who join a local surf club and dare to dream of escape from the threat of early childhood marriage.

Today is the 100th Anniversary of Sobukwe's Life. Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe, the visionary global leader stated as early as 1960 that "There is only One race, the Human race." Watch Sobukwe - A Great Soul.

Only George, the diamond diver, who once was a millionaire, is still hanging on to his memories of a bygone time. A poetic journey through the desert, the wind and the sand.

Hope beckons for the previously drug addicted Vianey who yearns for a better life. Nelson Mandela’s dream urges the homeless cook Patrick on into this new, hopeful future.

A torn landscape which hides the purest diamonds on earth deep beneath it. Digging for these diamonds with bare hands day and night, are young men on the frontier of a new diamond rush in South Africa.

Now on #AfriDocs #SistersInLaw An award winning inspiring and uplifting, Sisters-in-Law presents a strong and positive view of African women and captures the emerging spirit of courage, and the very real possibility of change. Watch Now

#AfrIDocs #BurkinabeRising A small, landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists and engaged citizens, who provide an example of the type of political change that can be achieved when people come together. Watch

Calling All Documentary Filmmakers!  Encounters submissions for its 27th edition, happening June 19-29, 2025, in Cape Town and Johannesburg.  🗓️ Submit by Feb 24, 2025. Details: Celebrate documentary storytelling with us!

Catch Ime Ego( Bride Pride) @capetowntv_ channel 263 on Friday 15 November 2024 at 21H00. Mercy, a final year student at the Imo State University, Owerri, is thousands of kilometres away from her fiancé in Dubai, with whom she’s having a wedding in her ancestral village of Orlu

Now on #AfriDocs #MamaAfrica An unforgettable portrait of Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), the world-famous South African artist and civil right activist, who devoted her life to promoting peace and justice and fighting racism around the planet. Watch Now

We are very pleased to announce that Boubé of the Fulani has won the Special Jury Award at the 2024 Ceres Food Film Festival. A Huge congratulations to Boubé of the Fulani team.🎊🎊 #generationafrica #afridocs