African Modern

2005–present·6 films

African filmmakers confronting their own societies' taboos.

Perspectives absent from Western film culture.

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Filmography

Tsotsi

2005

Hood

Johannesburg thug kidnaps baby. Oscar winner.

Timbuktu

2014

Sissako

Jihadists occupy Mali. Gentle people under absurd tyranny.

The Wound

2017

Trengove

Desire during Xhosa initiation. Nearly banned.

Atlantics

2019

Diop

Senegalese ghost story. Grand Prix Cannes.

Night of the Kings

2020

Lacôte

Prisoner must tell stories all night. Ivorian Scheherazade.

Io Capitano

2023

Garrone

Teens' journey to Europe. Venice Best Director.

6 films in African Modern