This blog started by listing films that depicted women in more than minor roles, and the question arose: what about other people? Well, the women-friendly film list was devised not to forget lesbians, trans women and women of colour, but women are definitely not the only category with the representation of which cinema has issues. I started to consider the representation of Africa in movies. Here is my provisional film-list, including European and American films made about/set in Africa, African films and everything in between… Please comment with further suggestions.
Casablanca (1942) by Michael Curtiz
Notes Towards an African Orestes (1970) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Xala (1975) by Ousmane Sembene
Black and White in Color (1976) by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Ceddo (1977) by Ousmane Sembene
Une Femme en Afrique (1985) by Raymond Depardon
Camp of Thiaroye (1988) by Ousmane Sembene
La Captive du désert (1990) by Raymond Depardon
Naked Lunch (1991) by David Cronenberg
Afriques: Comment ça va avec la douleur? (1996) by Raymond Depardon
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) by Michel Ocelot
Lumumba (2000) by Raoul Peck
Ali (2001)
Waiting for happiness (2002) by Abderrahmane Sissako
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (2002) by Lee Hirsch
Abouna (Our Father) (2002) by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Moolade (2004) by Ousmane Sembene
Hotel Rwanda (2004) by Terry George
Darwin’s Nightmare (2004)
The Constant Gardener (2005) by Fernando Meirelles
Desert Rebels – Ishumars, The Forgotten Rockers of the Desert (2006) by François Bergeron
Last King of Scotland (2006) by Kevin MacDonald
Goodbye Bafana (2007) by Bille August
District 9 (2009) by Neill Blomkamp
