1,636 Films & TV Shows Set In Africa
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Makala
๐จ๐ฌ CongoIn Congo, a young peasant dreams of a better future for his loved ones. His only wealth lies in the strength of his arms, the bushland around him and his strong will. Set out on dangerous and exhausting roads in order to trade the fruit of his work, he discovers the value of his effort and the price to pay for his dreams.
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Thank You for the Rain
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya Africa - GeneralFive years ago Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, started to use his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change. When a violent storm throws him and a Norwegian filmmaker together we see him transform from a father, to a community leader and activist on the global stage.
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Na Maloom Afraad 2
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaAfter three hapless souls plan a big heist, things go hysterically wrong along the way.
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Birds Are Singing in Kigali
๐ท๐ผ Rwanda The 1990sWe 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 โ Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
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Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaWhen Destiny, captain of three-time national champions "The Rebels," is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called "The Truth," the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the world. It seems like the whole world wants to take down Destiny and her team, and they just might succeed, unless Destiny can rise to the challenge, set her ego aside and figure out who her real friends are.
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24 Hours to Live
Florida ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaContracted to kill. Fighting to survive. โ An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
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10 Days In Sun City
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaA potpourri of love, drama, passion and culture, "10 Days in Sun City" is a comedy-drama that sees Akpos on another โadventureโ, this time, to South Africa, with his girlfriend Bianca.
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Isoken
๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaEveryone in the Osayande family worries about Isoken. Although she has what appears to be a perfect life - beautiful, successful and surrounded by great family and friends - Isoken is still unmarried at 34 which, in a culture obsessed with marriage, is serious cause for concern. Things come to a head at her youngest sister's wedding when her overbearing mother thrusts her into an orchestrated matchmaking with the ultimate Edo man, Osaze. Osaze is handsome, successful and from a good family, making him the perfect Nigerian husband material. But in an unexpected turn of events, Isoken meets Kevin who she finds herself falling in love with and he just might be what she truly wants in a partner. The only problem is, not only is he not an Edo man, he is Oyinbo (Caucasian). Isoken is a romantic dramedy that explores cultural expectations, racial stereotypes and the bonds that unite families in a touching, dramatic and comedic way.
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The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai
๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaIn "The Wedding Party" sequel, Nonso has continued his romance with Deirdre, the bridesmaid from London. Nonso manages to propose by accident, while on a dinner date, and sets off a chain of events too powerful to stop.
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Banana Island Ghost
๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaAfter he dies in a car accident, a man receives three more days on Earth to find his soul mate.
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Minga and the Broken Spoon
๐จ๐ฒ CameroonThe first 100% Cameroonian 2D animation feature film. โ Minga is an orphaned girl living with her stepmother Mami Kaba and her stepsister Abena. One day, when she was washing dishes in the river, she accidentally broke a spoon. A furious Mami Kaba then chased her away from the house, asking her to find the only identical spoon hidden by her late mother. A adventurous journey then begins for Minga in the forest.
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Slow Country
๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaA homeless teenage mother, who gets herself trapped in prostitution and drug trafficking for seven years in order to secure a good life for her son, decides to quit but her boss, a ruthless human and drug trafficker is not ready to let go of his most trusted cash cow.
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Independence Day: Resurgence
Nevada Colorado Virginia District of Columbia Texas England The Moon ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore Africa - General Atlantic Ocean The 2010s The 2050sWe had twenty years to prepare. So did they. โ We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliensโ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
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Our Kind of Traitor
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ฒ๐ฆ MoroccoWho Can You Trust With The Truth? โ A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico New Jersey Kansas Delaware District of Columbia Africa - General The 1980s The 2010sJustice or revenge โ Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham Cityโs own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolisโs most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than itโs ever known before.
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X-Men: Apocalypse
Ohio Virginia District of Columbia New York ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1980sOnly the strong will survive โ After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
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The Legend of Tarzan
England ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1890s The 1880s The 1910sHuman. Nature. โ Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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Grimsby
England ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐จ๐ฑ ChileBehind every hero is an embarrassing sibling โ Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
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Captain America: Civil War
New York Massachusetts Ohio England ๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ท๐ด Romania ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria Africa - General The 1990s The 2010sDivided We Fall โ Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
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Me Before You
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ฒ๐บ MauritiusLive boldly. โ A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
๐ฑ๐พ Libya The 2010sWhen everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right. โ An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
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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.
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The Siege of Jadotville
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic of the New York The 1960sThe Irish army's forgotten battle โ Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
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A United Kingdom
England ๐ง๐ผ Botswana The 1950s The 1940sThe true story of a love that shook an empire โ The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
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Into the Inferno
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia ๐ช๐น EthiopiaWhat we worship can destroy us โ With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.
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