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The story of a pioneer, Germaine Le Goff (1891-1986). After World War I, the Breton teacher left Douarnenez for adventure, with a journey that led her to Senegal. In 1938, she founded and directed a teacher training college in Rufisque, near Dakar, the first for primary school teachers in Africa.

The Ivory Game

2016

English

7.8

77%

Kief Davidson Director

Prince William as Self

Andrea Crosta as Self

Ian Stevenson as Self

Wildlife activists and investigators put their lives on the line to battle the illegal African ivory trade, in this suspenseful on-the-ground documentary.

Cheetah

1989

English

5.9

♡ 3

43%

Jeff Blyth Director

Jim Ward as Announcer

Timothy Landfield as Earl Johnson

Lucy Deakins as Susan

Keith Coogan as Ted

An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.

À l'école de l'universel: Germaine Le Goff, l'histoire d'une pionnière

2024

French

7.0

♡ 1

Francois-Xavier Freland Director

The story of a pioneer, Germaine Le Goff (1891-1986). After World War I, the Breton teacher left Douarnenez for adventure, with a journey that led her to Senegal. In 1938, she founded and directed a teacher training college in Rufisque, near Dakar, the first for primary school teachers in Africa.

The Dinosaur Project

2012

English

4.5

♡ 21

29%

Sid Bennett Director

Peter Brooke as Charlie Rutherford

Stephen Jennings as Dave Moore

Richard Dillane as Jonathan Marchant

Natasha Loring as Liz Draper

Found footage of an expedition into the Congo jungle where a team of explorers stumbles upon a colony of Dinosaurs.

Zulu

2013

English

6.7

♡ 31

60%

Jérôme Salle Director

Forest Whitaker as Ali Sokhela

Orlando Bloom as Brian Epkeen

Sven Ruygrok as David Epkeen

Danny Keogh as Kruger

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.

Khartoum

1966

English

6.8

♡ 24

100%

Basil Dearden Director

Roger Delgado as

Nigel Green as Gen. Wolseley

Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Lord Northbrook

Ralph Michael as Sir Charles Dilke

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

Mister Johnson

1990

English

6.4

♡ 8

76%

Bruce Beresford Director

Steve James as Aliu

Denis Quilley as Bulteen

Beatie Edney as Celia Rudbeck

Pierce Brosnan as Harry Rudbeck

In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

1985

English

5.1

♡ 12

6%

Bill Norton Director

Olu Jacobs as Colonel Nsogbu

William Katt as George Loomis

Hugh Quarshie as Kenge Obe

Sean Young as Susan Matthews-Loomis

A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.

An Elephant's Journey

2017

English

5.1

♡ 13

Richard Boddington Director

Elizabeth Hurley as Aunt Sarah

Louis Minnaar as Blake Von Stein

Joseph Mupfudze as Obasi

Sam Ashe Arnold as Phoenix Wilder

A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.

Thousand Yard Stare

2018

English

4.0

♡ 29

95%

Action

africa

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

sergeant

War

world war ii

Aaron Kurmey Director

Adam Munro as

Kirsten Wendlandt as Barbara Rothach

Chris Krueger as Lt. Pine

Mathieu Bourassa as Pvt. Johnson

Returning home after fighting in Africa during World War II, a soldier with PTSD finds reintegrating with family life increasingly difficult as he relives the battle of Kasserine Pass.

The Wild Geese

1978

English

6.8

♡ 23

70%

Andrew V. McLaglen Director

Richard Harris as Capt. Rafer Janders

Leslie Schofield as Hitman at Club

John Kani as Sgt. Jesse Link

David Ladd as Sonny Martinelli

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

Another Day of Life

2018

English

7.3

♡ 15

89%

independence movement

portugal

south africa

Raúl de la Fuente Director

Youssef Kerkour as Farrusco

Tomasz Zietek as Farrusco

John Hollingworth as Rysard Kapuscinski

Gracy Goldman as (voice)

In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola changed him forever: it was a reporter who left Poland, but it was a writer who returned…

Tarzan the Ape Man

1981

English

3.5

♡ 12

John Derek Director

Harold Ayer as Club Member

Richard Harris as James Parker

Bo Derek as Jane Parker

Tony Longo as Stunts

The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured by savages, Tarzan comes to the rescue

Sands of the Kalahari

1965

English

6.7

♡ 6

64%

Cy Endfield Director

Stuart Whitman as Brian O'Brien

Theodore Bikel as Dr. Bondarahkai

Susannah York as Grace Monckton

Stanley Baker as Mike Bain

A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes.

Lion of the Desert

1980

English

8.2

♡ 37

75%

93%

Action

africa

based on a true story

Moustapha Akkad Director

Alec Mango as

Takis Emmanuel as Bu-Matari

Raf Vallone as Colonel Diodiece

Mario Feliciani as Lobitto

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

Fascination Africa 3D

2011

German

6.6

♡ 6

Benjamin Eicher Director

No continent hosts as many different environments and landscapes as Africa. From wide savannahs, resting gently on vast desert dunes, to dense rainforest, bordering the equator. See how many tribes, such as the Massai in the savannah, have kept their traditional way of life to this day and watch how animals have had to adapt their behaviors in order to survive. Join us on a magical journey through the history and culture of mankind. Join us on a journey through Africa!

Au nom du Christ

1993

French

6.1

♡ 2

Roger Gnoan M'Bala Director

Innocent Kacou as

Vanassa Kone as

Brice Karrel as

Jean Lokokou as

A West African pig farmer has a religious vision, wherein he is told that he'll be Magloire the First, a prophet of Christ. He then sets out to rid his local villagers of superstition and instead save them for Jesus.

Jane

2017

English

7.8

♡ 14

98%

Brett Morgen Director

Jane Goodall as Herself

Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick as Himself

Hugo Van Lawick as Himself

Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.

A United Kingdom

2016

English

6.9

♡ 79

83%

77%

Action

africa

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Amma Asante Director

Anastasia Hille as Dot Williams

Nicholas Lyndhurst as George Williams

Rosamund Pike as Ruth Williams

Rupert Vansittart as Sir Ian Fraser

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

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The Ivory Game

Cheetah

À l'école de l'universel: Germaine Le Goff, l'histoire d'une pionnière

The Dinosaur Project

Zulu

Khartoum

Mister Johnson

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

An Elephant's Journey

Thousand Yard Stare

The Wild Geese

Another Day of Life

Tarzan the Ape Man

Sands of the Kalahari

Lion of the Desert

Fascination Africa 3D

Au nom du Christ

Jane

A United Kingdom