“The African experience is global,” said Niyi Coker, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor at UMSL. “This festival allows you to understand the experiences that Africans are having in other countries ...

Africa is producing some of the world’s most captivating documentaries, a genre that allows filmmakers to tell riveting stories that revisit the past while challenging the inequities of the present.

South African filmmaker John Barker (“Umbrella Men”) will be following the fate of Africa’s soccer squads at this summer’s World Cup, as he preps a documentary that will look at the continent’s ...

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

Melania, the mysterious and controversial documentary about the First Lady, has been pulled from South African theaters days before its global release. The film — which follows Melania Trump over the ...

Brook Sitgraves Turner said the film addresses a transition that African students face from being the majority to being judged for their skin color. (Ana Hunter / Daily Trojan) School of Cinematic ...

The unexpected Academy Award run of “My Octopus Teacher,” Netflix’s hit, heartfelt documentary about a filmmaker’s unlikely relationship with an octopus living off the coast of South Africa, marks a ...

WALKING THUNDER: ODE TO THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT, a powerful new wildlife documentary by acclaimed photographers and conservationists Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson, will premiere on Friday, August 15 ...

Accra, Jan 29, GNA-The Africa Monologue Challenge (AMC) has formally proposed the production of a high-impact documentary series titled “Intra-African Trade in Action” to the African Continental Free ...

In a new documentary about Bob Geldof, the rock musician who organized the Live Aid concerts in 1985 and helped put together last year’s Live 8 event, he says that despite Africa’s deep-rooted poverty ...

The film — which follows Melania Trump over the 20 days leading up to her husband’s inauguration, as she prepares to transition back to the White House — is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical ...