Indeed, you deserve a high-five for a week of activities and stress. For us as movie buffs, there’s only one legal way to relax- watch movies and more movies. Fortunately for you, we’ve got all the movie recommendations from a streaming site so go figure since we won’t name any. Anywhere you live as an African, you need to have a sense of connection through the movies produced by Africans or for Africans. Here are some movies you can watch- or watch again.
Can You See Us?
A 2022 Zambian film story by John Chiti, Can You See Us? is based on the life of John Chiti, a singer-songwriter who was born with albinism. The movie premiered on Netflix on 27 August 2023, becoming the first Zambian film to be released on the platform. This coming-of-age story tackles discrimination against persons living with albinism, fatherhood, maternal love and deaths.
A Soweto Love Story
Desperate to see her three sons get married, a mother uses the coveted family home to entice them into doing the right thing- the first to get married before the New Year wins the home. Her actions set into motion a series of humorous events as the brothers race to find brides.Does this movie ring familiar? Yes, Kunle Afolayan’s A Naija Christmas has the same storyline. Let’s see who makes the story better on screen.
Subira
A scene from the movie, Subira
A free-spirited young girl in Lamu struggles to live out her unique dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged upper-class marriage. A 2018 Kenyan drama film directed by Ravneet Sippy Chadha, it was selected as the Kenyan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Binti
Poster picture
This Tanzanian drama film by Seko Shamte is embroidered with feminism. Told through four loosely interconnected stories of women and their struggles, Binti, set in Dar-es-Salaam, captures the many challenges of womanhood, and more importantly, the need for understanding, empathy and change.
The Kitchen
This movie is set in London, 2040. Amid rising house prices, computerised labour and eradication of the Welfare State, ex-Smash-and-Grabber Izi is desperate to go straight but when his young son contracts a devastating illness, he is forced to take part in a heist that will change the lives forever.
