101 Films & TV Shows Set In Africa During The 21st Century
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Angus Buchan's Ordinary People
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2010sThe plot follows the individual journeys of three ordinary South African men in the build up to their attendance of the 2010 Mighty Men Conference, where their lives are forever changed by God's message for them.
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Tahrir: Liberation Square
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 2010sFrom Facebook thumbs up to the battle of stones, a history of hope, fear, despair, anger, pride and elation, the film is the real-time chronicle of the two most exciting weeks in the history of modern Egypt as lived by their protagonists. Since the 25th of January 2011, together with thousands of other Egyptian citizens, No ha, Ahmed and Essayed have been involved in a massive movement of street protest for political freedom. Day after day, sleepless night after sleepless night, until the capitulation of the defeated pharaoh, the film follows these young and unexpected heroes along their shattering fight to conquer their freedom.
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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.
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Last Flight to Abuja
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria The 2000sMid-air difficulties force a Nigerian commercial plane into an emergency landing with devastating consequences.
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Maami
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria The 1980s The 2010sA poor Nigerian woman named Maami protects her young son, Kashimawo, from his father who carries a terrible secret.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Illinois District of Columbia ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia Africa - General The 1960s The 2010sThe invasion we always feared. An enemy we never expected. โ The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.
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Hanna
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 2010sAdapt or die. โ Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.
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Johnny English Reborn
England ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique The 2010sA little intelligence goes a long way โ The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.
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Neither Allah, Nor Master!
๐น๐ณ Tunisia The 2010sFilmmaker Nadia el Fani explores secularism in the predominantly Muslim country of Tunisia before and after the fall of Ben Ali.
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Marfil
๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea The 2010sThe first filmmaker arrived in Equatorial Guinea in 1904. The last movie theatre closed in Malabo in the 1990s. In 2011, during the II African Film Festival of Equatorial Guinea, the Marfil Movie Theatre reopened its doors. Florencio, รngel and Estrada tells us how cinema has been, and is still, present in their lives.
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Inception
New South Wales California ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya The 2010sYour mind is the scene of the crime. โ Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
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Life, Above All
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2010sA touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
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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.
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Africa United
๐ง๐ฎ Burundi ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic of the ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa Africa - General The 2010sAnything Is Possible โ The extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who attempt to realize the dream of their life: to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at Johannesburg.
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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.
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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.
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2016: Part 1
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana The 2010sTw-tw-twenty sixteen! โ In 2010, a scientist discovers aliens in orbit that resemble a cross between H.R. Giger's famous creation and Predator who want to invade Earth. They choose to start their invasion in Ghana because it is the most peaceful nation on the planet. The murderous aliens claim that they will have the entire planet colonized by the year 2016.
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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.
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District 9
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2010s The 1980sYou are not welcome here. โ Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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