Mossane

At fourteen years of age, Mossane is already the most beautiful girl in the village, the envy of many, and the desire of several local men, ranging in age, class, and education. Who will she choose as her husband? With this simple premise, Senegalese filmmaker Safi Faye manages to explore the themes of class, culture, …

Kirikou and the Sorceress

Michel Ocelot is a French animator who didn't make his first feature until he was 55 years old- and what a great debut it is. Kirikou and the Sorceress draws deeply from the rich folk tales of West Africa as it spins a series of wild tales focused on Kirikou- a young African boy with …

The Gods Must Be Crazy

The most successful South African film in history, Jamie Uys' The Gods Must Be Crazy is a lot of things- clever, ridiculous, offensive, insightful, funny- but most of all, its like no other film out there, which is the best reason to watch it. An idiosyncratic combination of anthropological documentary and old-fashioned slapstick comedy, Gods …