Hello All,

I was reading an old thread today about African Film and compiled a list of every film that people mentioned having liked. I am trying to build a personal film library and am wondering if there are any films on the topic that I have not listed below that people also recommend?

Thanks,

tendrams



1. A Good Man in Africa
2. A Cowboy in Africa
3. Africa Adventure – Ruark
4. Ashanti
5. Babel
6. Beat the Drum
7. Blood Diamond
8. Born Free
9. Breaker Morant
10. Bring em Back Alive
11. Dark of the Sun
12. Duma
13. Flight of the Phoenix
14. Four Feathers
15. Game for Vultures
16. Gold (YEAR?)
17. Greystoke –The Legend of Tarzan
18. Hatari
19. Heart of Darkness
20. Hell’s Headquarters
21. Hotel Rwanda
22. I Dreamed of Africa
23. In Africa Texas Style
24. In The Blood
25. Jock of the Bushveld - year?
26. King Solomon’s Mines
27. Last Safari
28. Lawrence of Arabia
29. Legend of the Lost
30. Lion of the Desert
31. Lumumba
32. Mogambo
33. Mountains of the Moon
34. Mummy I and II
35. Naked Prey
36. Nor the Moon by Night
37. Nowhere in Africa
38. Out of Africa
39. Sammy Going South
40. Sands of the Kalahari
41. Shaka Zulu
42. She
43. Stanley and Livingstone
44. Shout at the Devil
45. Tears of the Sun
46. Tembo
47. The African Queen
48. The Constant Gardener
49. The Dogs of War
50. The Final Chapter
51. The Flame Trees of Thika
52. The Four Feathers
53. The Gods Must be Crazy I and II and III
54. The Last King of Scotland
55. The Macomber Affair
56. The Power of One
57. The Snows of Kilimanjaro
58. The Ghost and the Darkness
59. The Wilby Conspiracy
60. Wild Geese
61. The Wind and the Lion
62. Trader Horn
63. Walking Amongst Lions
64. White Hunter Black Heart
65. White Mischief
66. Wild Cargo
67. Zulu
68. Zulu Dawn

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Something of Value

There are probably at least four versions of King Solomon's Mines. The correct title of 58 is The Ghost and the Darkness.

You should add Something of Value.

The new series made from Alexander McCall Smith's books -- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency -- is entertaining.

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

No Tarzan movies?

No. 20 can safely be skipped. Trust me.

AFRICA ADDIO

Namibiahunter

Watch 'Zulu' and then 'Zulu Dawn' as that is the correct order of events in 1879, Isandlwana (depicted in Zulu) followed by Rorkes Drift (Zulu Dawn)immediately after.

Zulu Wars is a trilogy of Shaka, King of the Zulu, Blood River and Red Coat- Black Blood.

Khartom.

There is also a boxed set of 4 DVD Shaka Zulu it is the complete 10 part TV epic.

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AFRICA ADDIO

Namibiahunter

This film was forbidden in France.
Is this film marketed? I was looking for it and couldn't find it? so I let down.

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AFRICA ADDIO

Namibiahunter

This film was forbidden in France.
Is this film marketed? I was looking for it and couldn't find it? so I let down.

Jean B. de Runz

You can download the 2 hour and 20 minute video from youtube. If you have any problems finding it let me know and I'll try to find the url for you or to download it for you to copy.

Those not familiar with this documentary might find AFRICA ADDIO disturbing but also educational. Any student of Africa should put this controversial film on their "must see" list.



Namibiahunter

Yes, a good film to check out! Africa Addio is available on mininova.com.

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Originally posted by namibiahunter:
AFRICA ADDIO

Namibiahunter

This film was forbidden in France.
Is this film marketed? I was looking for it and couldn't find it? so I let down.

Jean B. de Runz

You can download the 2 hour and 20 minute video from youtube. If you have any problems finding it let me know and I'll try to find the url for you or to download it for you to copy.

Those not familiar with this documentary might find AFRICA ADDIO disturbing but also educational. Any student of Africa should put this controversial film on their "must see" list.



Namibiahunter

Just a note.... There are several different versions, or "cuts", of this movie. There is a directors cut, an American release, etc. There is even one version that was titled Africa: Blood and Guts.

You want to get the longest running version. It seems that the shorter versions left out the beautiful stuff and went for shock value only.

One thing that I can say for the full version of this film it that it will leave you with some food for thought. Everyone sees this film differently. Racists view it as proof of the inferiority of blacks and in favor of colonialism. I came away feeling that the film showed many more similarities than differences between blacks and whites.

Regardless, this is one you won't soon forget.

I would also add General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), directed by French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder.

This one is available on netflix.

Never seen Duma. Details?

Lavaca,

Here is a link to the IMDB site on Duma.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361715/

mrlexma,

Oh, I think more than a few movies on this list are going to be goofy but part of my interest in Africa centers on the often strange ways cinema presents the continent.

tendrams

"Guns at Batasi"

"The Long Run"; "Cry the Beloved Country";
"Cry Freedom"

namibiahunter

Thanks.

It's really easy to download it on Youtube.
I was told that the DVD can be bought at Amazon.com.

Yankee Zulu, ???

I wonder would there be a financial incentive for anyone to put these all together and market them?

Hell I'd buy it.

JEff

Some more:

Blackhawk Down
Lumumba
Shooting Dogs
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City

Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (not Richard Chamberlain)

Incredible list, but don't forget the most realistic African movie ever. "Africa Screams" starring Abbott and Costello!

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Incredible list, but don't forget the most realistic African movie ever. "Africa Screams" starring Abbott and Costello!

I've got that one.

Another:

"Where no vultures fly"

More (edited to add):

"Congo"
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Herzog Kinski's "Cobra Verde"
"Tsotsi"
March or Die"
"Beau Geste"
"The White Masai"
"Masai, The Rain Warriors" (in Masai language)
"Beyond Borders"
"The Diamond Hunters"
"Jewell of the Nile"
"Sheena"
"Tarzan, the Ape Man" (with Bo Derek, for some reason I like that one, for the doubles carried by BOTH Richard Harris AND Bo Derek )
More Tarzan movies mentioned here
Don't forget the "Jungle Jim" movies too.
"The Lost Command"
"The Light Horsemen" (some Egyptian scenes)
"Teza" (Ethiopian)
"Gorillas in the Mist"
"The Battle of Algiers"
"The Mercenaries"
"Follow that camel" (Carry on film)
"The Commando" aka "The Legions Last Patrol"
"Legionnaire"
"Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life"
"The Lion King"
"Sahara"


A whole swag on the subject of Ancient Egypt such as "Antony and Cleopatra", "Cleopatra", the pyramids, Akhenaton, etc. Plus movies dealing with Rome in Northern Africa. Can't remember all the titles at the moment.

Well, I suppose you could add "THE ROAD TO MOROCCO" and "THE ROAD TO ZANZIBAR"

I saw one last year called "Prey" starring Peter Weller. I thought it was fairly good. It's about a man who gets a big job opportunity in Africa, much to his children and new wife's dismay. He sends them on a game drive while he's at work on a new project. I think most would like it. The real stars of the show are some spurious critters with big teeth. It's along the lines of "keep your eyes open and your ass frosty."
Cheers,
David

tendrams:

You should be shot: I am thinking about arcane films when I should be doing other things. anyway add "BATTLE FOR ALGIERS" to the list

I just finished watching Shangani Patrol and enjoyed it completely. I followed up with Operation Dingo and the first BSAP volume. All these came from Memories of Rhodesia.com. Some of the video quality is low but a lot of the content transfered from old film footage. I really enjoyed the BSAP training films. Shangani Patrol was a feature film made in 1970 and released in South Africa and Rhodesia, possibly Europe. Any flick shot on location in Africa with martini henrys and brass jacketed maxims has to be good.

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add "BATTLE FOR ALGIERS" to the list

This brought up two of my favorite Africa based French films: Chocolate(set in Cameroon- a great movie) and Overseas(set in Algeria).

timg953: Thanks for pulling up this great post.

I don't watch too many movies but there was one with the black actress with lots of hair (definately not Goldie Hawn) showing the dancing in Soweto.

The one of De Klerk (Michael Caine) and Mandela (well-known black US actor) and I know it was NOT Eddie Murphy.

Africa addio - ouch. Have a drink before watching it. They knew to show us that one before going on a hunting trip to South West Africa many years ago but almost a must see.

Patrollie 33 Charlie and some more of the Afrikaans border war films. No subtitles!

Raid on Entebbe where the Israelites collect their own at Entebbe Airport.

(You've got The Four Feathers on twice...)

I watched a new one (new for me) this morning called Mr. Johnson with Pierce Brosnon about building a road through the bush.

What about "A Boy Ten Feet Tall"
Just my opinion.

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What about "A Boy Ten Feet Tall"

Also known as "Sammy Goes South" with Edward G. Robinson as an old elephant poacher, likely modeled loosly after Pondoro Taylor. One of my favorites, and I just found it available on DVD.

The Naked Prey

Lost in the Desert

"Search For The Nile", 4 part BBC mini-series. Fascinating & authentic dramatization of the early Victorian Nile explorers (Baker, Speke, Burton, Livingstone, Stanley, Grant, etc.), precursor to the film "Mountains of the Moon".

"Simba" Osa & Martin Johnson

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JBrown: I would also add General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974), directed by French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder.

Also Forest Whitaker's Oscar winning role in "Last King Of Scotland"

There are two versions of The Four Feathers (listed twice).

There is also "Machine Gun Preacher" as well as Leon Schuster's "Shucks, it's Schuster!" and "There's a Zulu on My Stoep".

Although set in rural USA, doesn't Second-Hand Lions have a connection with Africa?

The Best of the Best! Shout at the Devil.
Stars Lee Marvin & Roger Moore from a book by Wilbur Smith.
Also, The Last King of Scotland.