Film & Television

Five African Movies To Watch This Week

 

 

When you need to stay indoors to travel the world, there is only one way to do that. You can travel the world of movies through movie streaming sites or movie festivals to enjoy this carefully curated list of movies that you wouldn’t want to miss this week. Before you settled down to your popcorn, note that some are new while a few are classic. Leave your comment when you have seen any of these movies so that more readers can be guided. Enjoy!

 

The Construct (South Africa)

Directed by Patrick Garcia, this startling sci-fi thriller movie first released in 1970 features Brooklyn Benson, Billy Hartmann and Michelle Van Der Nest. The plot reveals that Rachel Wilcox has just had a horrible nightmare, but awakens from the terrible experience. She soon loses her concept of reality when starts noticing elements about her environment. She digs deep until she discovers that she is trapped in a simulation designed to observe human behaviour. Who could be behind such an experiment? More importantly, how can Rachel escape this trap?

All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (Nigeria)

Call this a daring movie. It may be hard to have it screened at any Nigerian cinema due to its controversial subject matter- queer. Babatunde Apalowo’s debut feature All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White is a tender portrait of two men as they experience the early moments of an uncertain relationship. Featured at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, All The Colours explores sexuality with a daredevil conviction.

Mambar Pierrette (Cameroon/Belgium)

Cameroonian-Belgian documentarian Rosine Mbakam (At Jolie Coiffure, Delphine’s Prayers) makes her feature-length debut with Mambar Pierrette, a modest, slice-of-life drama x-rays the life of its heroine and her quest to exist within the patriarchal system in Douala.

Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Uganda)

A scene from the movie

This gripping documentary follows the Afrobeats star as he spearheads a campaign to oust Uganda’s corrupt regime. Filmed by Director Moses Bwaoy, the 121 minute (2 hours and 1 minute) documentary focuses on the trials and tribulations faced by the humanitarian, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known by his stage name Bobi Wine and his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi. The singer, actor, Ugandan politician and a former Member of Parliament for Kyadondo County East constituency in Uganda’s Central Region survived seven assassination attempts on his life while he ran for presidency. Bobi Wine, also leads the National Unity Platform political party; a political and social liberation party.

Hit Man (Morroco)

Richard Linklater’s action comedy “Hit Man” is set to open the Marrakech International Film Festival, which features more than 70 films.

The festival, which is in its 20th edition, will run from November 24th to December 2nd in the ancient Moroccan city despite the Israel-Hamas conflict that has caused cancellations of several other festivals in the region, as well as the earthquake that hit the country in September.

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