48 Films & TV Shows Set In Africa During The 2000s
-
Casablanca Beats
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 2000sA realistic drama set in the cultural center in Casablancaโs Sidi Moumen neighborhood, a poor suburb that became infamous in 2003 due to a terrorist attack perpetrated by locals.
-
The Mauritanian
New Mexico New York Louisiana ๐จ๐บ Cuba ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania The 2000s The 2010s The 1980sA detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
-
Avengers: Endgame
New York New Jersey California ๐ณ๐ด Norway Tokyo Prefecture Africa - General The 1970s The 1940s The 2010s The 2020s The 2000sPart of the journey is the end. โ After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
-
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi The 2000sAgainst all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
-
Hondros
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ฑ๐พ Libya ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia The 2000s The 2010sHONDROS follows the life and career of famous war photographer Chris Hondros by exploring the poignant and often surprising stories behind this award-winning photojournalist's best-known photos. Driven by a commitment to bear witness to the wars of our time after the events of 9/11, Chris was among the first in a new generation of war photographers since Vietnam. HONDROS explores the complexities inherent in covering more than a decade of conflict, while trying to maintain a normal life. It also examines the unknowable calculus involved in making split-second life and death decisions -- before, during and after his photos were made. Chris was killed in Libya in 2011, but he left a lasting impact on his profession that is still felt today.
-
The Last Face
๐ฑ๐ท Liberia ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria The 2000sMiguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the victims of military uprisings in Africa.
-
Queen of Katwe
๐ท๐บ Russia ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 2000s The 2010sA young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
-
Jim: The James Foley Story
๐ธ๐พ Syria ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ฑ๐พ Libya The 2010s The 2000s The 1990sIn August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as he knelt beside an ISIS militant dressed in black. That image challenged the world to deal with a new face of terror. And it tested one American family. Seen through the lens of filmmaker Brian Oakes, Foleyโs close childhood friend, Jim takes us from small-town New England to the adrenaline-fueled front lines of Libya and Syria, where Foley pushed the limits of danger to report on the plight of civilians impacted by war.
-
Tout, tout de suite
๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte dIvoire The 2000sThis gripping and wrenching thriller tells the story of Ilan Halimi who was kidnapped for ransom in a Paris suburb. His captors, who dub themselves The Gang of Barbarians, operate under the assumption that his Jewish heritage means he is worth a lot of money. Taking the audience through the harrowing experience of the Halimi family and sharing a searing insight into Ilan's vicious ordeal, the story tracks the massive but futile investigation doomed by near-misses and tragedy that triggered a national outcry. For 24 days the police, insistent upon handling the case as a normal for-ransom kidnapping, failed to recognize the anti-Semitic overtones of the abduction. Faithfully reenacting events from the view of the various characters, Tout, tout de suite raises troubling questions about the state of anti-Semitism and race relations in contemporary France.
-
Palm Trees in the Snow
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea The 1960s The 1950s The 2000sBased on thousands of real stories โ Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.
-
Captain Phillips
Vermont ๐ด๐ฒ Oman ๐ธ๐ด Somalia The 2000sOut here survival is everything. โ The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
-
Our Children
๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 2000sYoung and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir. A wedding soon follows, and the happy couple quickly set about preparing to make a family. However, with family come ties, and none come as tight as that between Mounir and his adoptive father. As Murielle continues to bring new life into the family, frictions between Mounir and Doctor Pinget reach boiling point. Helpless to extract her husband and children from the wealthy nest that Doctor Pinget has provided for them, Murielle is drawn into an unhealthy family dynamic. There is only one way out of this nightmare, and for Murielle all sense of reasoning begins to abandon her.
-
Last Flight to Abuja
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria The 2000sMid-air difficulties force a Nigerian commercial plane into an emergency landing with devastating consequences.
-
The First Grader
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya The 2000sIt's never too late to dream. โ The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
-
A Screaming Man
๐น๐ฉ Chad The 2000sPresent-day Chad. Adam, fifty something, a former swimming champion, is the pool attendant at a N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. Authorities demand that the population contribute to the war effort, giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the rebels. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son.
-
Teresa
๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea The 2000sTeresa, Rocรญo and Yolanda, which are the names that Elena Iyanga, Dina Anguesomo and Isabel Kote personify, are three adolescent students with totally different lives, but united by friendship. Teresa, the main character, is a young woman, enthusiast of the street life, fun, discotheques, dating.... Her best friend is Rocรญo, a well-off who is less interested in studies because she has everything. And finally Yolanda is a young woman from a very humble family whose parents are ill; she takes her studies very seriously in order to get ahead in the future, and she advises her friends to take the right path, although they do not pay attention to her. It deals with a story based on actual events, produced by the National Library of Equatorial Guinea and filmed in the country by various young film makers of different producers and different means.
-
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
New York Pennsylvania Virginia District of Columbia California ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt Shanghai The 2000sRevenge is coming. โ Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
-
The Exchange: Six Faces of the Gambia
๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia The 2000sOn a journey to West Africa, award-winning documentarian Mathew Welsh fashions portraits of six 'middle class' Gambians - taking us beyond stereotypes about Africa - and teaching us that we in the Developed World have a lot to learn from West Africa about how we give, how we live. These are six personalities that will resonate with a Western audience.
-
The Figurine
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria The 2000s The 1900sNo one told them about the next seven years... โ Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...
-
Stolen
๐ช๐ญ Western Sahara ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria The 2000sFilmmakers Fallshaw and Ayala's journey of discovery among Saharawi refugees turns into a political thriller. โ Stolen is a 2009 Australian documentary film that uncovers slavery in the Sahrawi refugee camps controlled by the Polisario Front located in Algeria and in the disputed territory of Western Sahara controlled by Morocco, written and directed by Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw. It had its world premiere at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival,[1] where a controversy started after one of the participants in the documentary, Fetim, a black Sahrawi, was flown to Australia by the Polisario Liberation Front to say she wasn't a slave.
-
Jumper
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong Michigan New York ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 2000sanywhere is possible. โ David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, Davidโs extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!
-
Singh Is Kinng
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 2000sSummer 2008: The gang of Punjab arrives with a bang! โ A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.
-
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2000sCoronation Street: Out of Africa is a 2008 spin-off film featuring locals from the British soap opera Coronation Street, who visit the luxury resort of Sun City, South Africa. Cilla Battersby-Brown (Wendi Peters), the mother from hell, brought her son and other "son" over to Africa to win a competition for $500,000
-
The Baby Doll Night
๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 2000sCan one night of pleasure mend sixty years of pain? โ Hossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
-
Rough Aunties
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2000sFearless, feisty and resolute, the "Rough Aunties" are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa. This newest documentary by internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto (SISTERS IN LAW, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE) follows the outspoken, multiracial cadre of Thuli, Mildred, Sdudla, Eureka and Jackie, as they wage a daily battle against systemic apathy, corruption and greed to help the most vulnerable and disenfranchised of their communities.
- load more