New: Use lens.lib.uchicago.edu to identify films of interest. Enter your query and then select Video, Videocassette, DVD Video, or Laserdisc under Format in the column on the right. Or look under Genre to find Documentary films or Feature films or War films. Try entering Africa and see how easy it is to identify films from the huge set of initial results.
Take a look at our research guide for Cinema and Media Studies and our guide to the Video Collection. See the How Do I Find...? guide to Films (DVDs and Videos) for detailed instructions on finding films at the University of Chicago Library. To identify recent additions to the Library's collection, browse "Films, videos, DVDs, slides, etc." under Format in our New Acquisitions list each month. Many earlier titles are listed in the Guide to videorecordings held by the University of Chicago Library / compiled by Frank Conaway, which includes a section for Africa. A shared RefWorks folder of titles from these sources is under development.
A Few Recommended Titles
The University of Chicago Library holds a number of California Newsreel films from The Library of African Cinema.
- AFRIQUE, JE TE PLUMERAI
- AFRO@DIGITAL
- AIME CESAIRE: UNE VOIX POUR L'HISTOIRE
- BLACK GOLD
- CA TWISTE A POPONGUINE
- CHEF! and LA TETE DANS LES NUAGES
- DAKAN
- DIVINE CARCASSE
- EVERYONE'S CHILD
- FAAT KINE
- FINZAN
- FLAME
- FORGIVENESS
- FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK
- LA GENESE
- LE GRAND BLANC DE LAMBARENE
- THE HERO
- HOT WAX
- HYENAS
- IN A TIME OF VIOLENCE
- KEITA: THE HERITAGE OF THE GRIOT
- LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
- MAPANTSULA
- MORTU NEGA
- LA PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL
- PIECES D'IDENTITES
- PRIME TIME SOUTH AFRICA
- QUAND LES ETOILES RENCONTRENT LA MER
- ROUCH IN REVERSE
- STATE OF DENIAL
- STEPS FOR THE FUTURE series (25 videocassettes)
- TAAFE FANGA
- THREE TALES FROM SENEGAL
- UDJU AZUL DI YONTA
- LA VIE SUR TERRE
- A WALK IN THE NIGHT
- WEND KUUNI
- WITCHES IN EXILE
- WOUBI CHERI
- ZAN BOKO