The Africa Center has compiled a list of films for professors and students. Scroll to see different films, their descriptions, and where to find them.
Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa (2010)
This film provides the historical context for the division of Africa among colonizing countries. Conferences and materials from this time are reenacted in this film providing the viewer with an understanding of this historical event. This film is available from Icarus Films’s website and provides an educational link for educators.
Milking the Rhino (2009)
The summary on Kartemquin Films’s website shares the story of human and animal interactions in Africa after colonization.
Song of the Soul (2010)
This film shares stories from hospice centers in South Africa. It shares the real livelihoods of people living within hospice and what is happening to the people around them. The film is available on DOCUSEEK and on Icarus films’s website.
Food or Fuel? (2013)
This film shares the story of a Kenyan Farmer who is interested to learn about biofuel and how it affects farmers in the developing world. The film is available on DOCUSEEK.
Radio Dadaab (2023)
This is a documentary by the Environmental Justice Foundation that shares the impacts of the climate crisis on a refugee camp in Kenya. This film is available for free on the Environmental Justice Foundation website listed below.