Africa and the African Diaspora

"Blaxploitalian" is a diasporic, hybrid, critical, and cosmopolitan dimension documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: Black actors in Italian cinema starting from 1915 when the first black actor appeared in an Italian film.
Official selection of the 2016 Rome Cinema Fest, the PAFF Pan African Film Festival (Los Angeles 2017), and the 2017 Charlotte Black Film Festival.

This 1984 episode of Tony Brown's Journal features the pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, with Thomas Cripps and Henry T. Sampson. The episode includes many film clips.

First came Hollywood, then Bollywood and now Nollywood, Nigeria’s booming film industry, which released 2000 features in 2006 alone. Where else can you shoot a full-length dramatic film for $10,000 in 7 days? Until recently little known outside its own country, This is Nollywood explains why Nigerian video production is becoming recognized as a phenomenon with broad implications for the cultural and economic development of Africa.
Winner of the 2007 Abuja International Film Festival Audience Award.

A 2012 Kenyan drama film directed by David "Tosh" Gitonga. The film was selected as the Kenyan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist, and is the first time Kenya has submitted a film in this category.
Winner of four 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

Wend Kuuni is a landmark in African filmmakers' attempts to "return to the sources" of their culture, to recover a "usable" African past to solve the problems of the African present. Filmmaker Gaston Kaboré adapts the measured rhythms of traditional African storytelling to create an authentically African cinematic language.
Winner of the the César award for best French language film, 1985.