Let's celebrate Woman's Day on AfricaFilms.tv, discover a selection of titles directed by or celegrating the African Woman...
Films
Moolaade by Ousmane Sembène 2004 – Senegal
Sembène Ousmane’s last film is an award-winning tribute to non-conformism, women and a stance against female genital mutilation.
Bal Poussiere by Henri Duparc 1988 – Ivory Coast
Half-God has five wives. He decides to add a sixth one: one for each day of the week, while Sundays are strictly reserved for the best wife of the week.
Saint-louis Blues by Dyana Gaye 2008 -Senegal
En route to Saint Louis from Dakar in the company of one taxidriver, seven passengers, and nineteen musicians.
Long Street by Revel Fox 2010 - South Africa
An intimately rendered portrait of the fragile relationship between recovering drug addict Sia and her mother Maria
Zimbabwe by Darrell James Roodt 2008 - South Africa
The courageous journey of a 19-years old girl trying to find a better life through emigration. Selected in more than 30 festivals worldwide.
Visa/Vie by Elan Gamaker 2010 - South Africa
Anna, a French emigré, is caught working illegally in a Cape Town restaurant. She has 48 hours to find a husband to avoid having to leave the country...
Adera by Nega Tariku 2010 – Ethiopia
A story of emigration and adoption. Box office champion in Addis Abeba in 2009.
Series
The Mating Game by Alex Yazbek 2010 - South Africa
Men come in all shapes and sizes. Some bring us love. Some bring us money. And some bring us sex. Seldom do we get all three.
Secrets by Sitsofe Akoto & Juliet Asante 2008 – Ghana
At Saints folks from all walks of life cross paths. What unites them is that they all have something to hide.
Games People Play by Jake Aernan 2005 – Ghana
One restaurant, four adult daughters, two ex-husbands. No wonder Ma Getty needs a young lover by her side.
Documentary
Women Bear Africa On Their Back by Idrissa Diabate 2009 - Ivory Coast
The daily life of 5 courageous African Women. A multi-awarded documentary by one of the leading masters of the genre on the continent.
Puberty Rites by Richard Prempeh 2010 - Ghana
The passage from childhood to womanhood is not easy, but the Dipo rite makes for a smoother transition.
Surfing Soweto by Sara Blecher 2010 - South Africa
With nothing to lose, taking drugs and surfing trains might be less frightening for Prince, Lefa and Mzembe than growing up in a society that has nothing else to offer.
Lome Vivina by Marie-Samantha Salvy 2011 – Togo
The puzzling phenomenon of Sunday crowd jogging in Lome, Togo. A still-doccie that became a festival must.
Films
Moolaade by Ousmane Sembène 2004 – Senegal
Sembène Ousmane’s last film is an award-winning tribute to non-conformism, women and a stance against female genital mutilation.
Bal Poussiere by Henri Duparc 1988 – Ivory Coast
Half-God has five wives. He decides to add a sixth one: one for each day of the week, while Sundays are strictly reserved for the best wife of the week.
Saint-louis Blues by Dyana Gaye 2008 -Senegal
En route to Saint Louis from Dakar in the company of one taxidriver, seven passengers, and nineteen musicians.
Long Street by Revel Fox 2010 - South Africa
An intimately rendered portrait of the fragile relationship between recovering drug addict Sia and her mother Maria
Zimbabwe by Darrell James Roodt 2008 - South Africa
The courageous journey of a 19-years old girl trying to find a better life through emigration. Selected in more than 30 festivals worldwide.
Visa/Vie by Elan Gamaker 2010 - South Africa
Anna, a French emigré, is caught working illegally in a Cape Town restaurant. She has 48 hours to find a husband to avoid having to leave the country...
Adera by Nega Tariku 2010 – Ethiopia
A story of emigration and adoption. Box office champion in Addis Abeba in 2009.
Series
The Mating Game by Alex Yazbek 2010 - South Africa
Men come in all shapes and sizes. Some bring us love. Some bring us money. And some bring us sex. Seldom do we get all three.
Secrets by Sitsofe Akoto & Juliet Asante 2008 – Ghana
At Saints folks from all walks of life cross paths. What unites them is that they all have something to hide.
Games People Play by Jake Aernan 2005 – Ghana
One restaurant, four adult daughters, two ex-husbands. No wonder Ma Getty needs a young lover by her side.
Documentary
Women Bear Africa On Their Back by Idrissa Diabate 2009 - Ivory Coast
The daily life of 5 courageous African Women. A multi-awarded documentary by one of the leading masters of the genre on the continent.
Puberty Rites by Richard Prempeh 2010 - Ghana
The passage from childhood to womanhood is not easy, but the Dipo rite makes for a smoother transition.
Surfing Soweto by Sara Blecher 2010 - South Africa
With nothing to lose, taking drugs and surfing trains might be less frightening for Prince, Lefa and Mzembe than growing up in a society that has nothing else to offer.
Lome Vivina by Marie-Samantha Salvy 2011 – Togo
The puzzling phenomenon of Sunday crowd jogging in Lome, Togo. A still-doccie that became a festival must.
- 3/8/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Flyer
Screened at Locarno International Film Festival Piazza Grande
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls "The Flyer".
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
"The Flyer" starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls "The Flyer".
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
"The Flyer" starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
- 8/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Flyer
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls The Flyer.
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
The Flyers starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls The Flyer.
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
The Flyers starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
- 8/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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