Cycling Africa

Maxime Auburtin Director

Chris Froome as Self

Biniam Girmay as Self

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio as Self

Adam Manzi as Self - Fixer

For the first time in history, the UCI Road World Championships are coming to African soil. This documentary captures the sweat, setbacks and symbolic power of cycling.

Birds Are Singing in Kigali

2017

Polish

5.5

♡ 6

Joanna Kos-Krauze Director

Jowita Budnik as Anna Keller

Eliane Umuhire as Claudine Mugambira

Jerzy Gudejko as Jan

Witold Wielinski as Witek

We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.

Sometimes in April

2005

English

7.7

♡ 5

95%

Action

africa

destruction of a civilization

Raoul Peck Director

Idris Elba as Augustin

Peter McRobbie as Bushnell's Superior

Todd Boyce as John

Bill Clinton as Self

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Gorillas in the Mist

1988

English

7.0

♡ 24

84%

Michael Apted Director

Iain Glen as Brendan

Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey

John Alexander as Mime artist

Peter Elliott as Mime artist

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Lions Unleashed

2017

English

6.4

♡ 1

In Rwanda, Africa, a new era is dawning after a brutal civil war ripped through the country, killing close to two million people and wiping out its most iconic wildlife: the regal lion. Now, 25 years later, the big cats are being reintroduced to the region to reclaim their throne. Follow this magnificent seven, a collection of five females and two males, as they travel thousands of miles from South Africa to Akagera National Park and attempt to figure out their new land, form relationships, and restore the pride of a nation.

Kinyarwanda

2011

English

6.8

♡ 2

100%

Alrick Brown Director

Watta Hezekis as Father Jean Claude

Cassandra Freeman as Lt. Rose

Ibrahim Kasuiya as Shmael's Father

Farida Uwimana as Shmael's Mother

A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amid chaos; a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family; and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror.

Hotel Rwanda

2004

English

8.1

♡ 120

91%

Terry George Director

Joaquin Phoenix as Jack Daglish

Neil McCarthy as Jean Jacques

Jean Reno as Mr. Tillens - Sabena Airlines President

Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

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Cycling Africa

Birds Are Singing in Kigali

Sometimes in April

Gorillas in the Mist

Lions Unleashed

Kinyarwanda

Hotel Rwanda