Malian Movie Puts Africa on the Map at the Oscars

Timbuktu has become the first Mauritanian film to be nominated in the best foreign film category.

Uganda: Timbuktu Is Africa's Lone Shot At Oscars

Observer, 20 January 2015

In one of these pages, we predicted that 2015 was going to be a good year for Ugandan film. Read more »

Timbuktu.

Africa: Five Political Films You Should See At This Year's Film Africa

African Arguments, 27 October 2014

All life is political and art doubly so. But I thought African Arguments readers might be especially interested in the 5 films below; all of which are being shown at the RAS's… Read more »

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Nigeria: Critics Lambast "White" 2015 Oscar Nominations

Premium Times, 19 January 2015

The 87th Academy Awards also known as Oscars have been lambasted by critics for having the least diverse list of nominees in recent times. Read more »
Algeria: 5th Fica - Outstanding Success of 'Timbuktu' Movie in Algiers

Algerie Presse Service, 18 December 2014

Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako's feature film on the resistance of Malians against the extremist groups and the danger of obscurantism "Timbuktu" was screened Wednesday… Read more »
Tunisia: Film Festival Offers Tunisians Respite From Politics

Magharebia, 8 December 2014

The Carthage Film Festival introduced a flurry of activity to the cultural scene in Tunisia, which has been dominated recently by political events. Read more »

African Political Films You Should See

African Arguments releases the trailers of some of the political films currently showing at the Film Africa 2014 festival. Read more »
- Africa: Five Political Films You Should See At This Year's Film Africa
- Resource Document Kinyarwanda Official Trailer #1 (2011)