The Guardian's 20 Best African Films – Ranked!
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As the UK’s leading African film festivals showcase the past decade’s classics online, we pick 20 great landmarks from the continent’s dazzling movie-making history
by Peter Bradshaw
Thu 1 Oct 2020 13.26 BST
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Abouna
2002 — a.k.a. Our Father, in 1 top list Check -
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Touki bouki
1973 — a.k.a. Journey of the Hyena, in 9 top lists Check -
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La noire de...
1966 — a.k.a. Black Girl, in 9 top lists Check -
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Bab el hadid
1958 — a.k.a. Cairo Station, in 6 top lists Check -
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I Am Not a Witch
2017, in 1 top list -
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Atlantique
2019 — a.k.a. Atlantics, in 6 top lists -
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District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
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Heremakono
2002 — a.k.a. Waiting for Happiness, in 5 top lists Check -
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La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
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La saison des hommes
2000 — a.k.a. The Season of Men, in 0 top lists Check -
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Yeelen
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Yaaba
1989, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr
1975 — a.k.a. Chronicle of the Years of Fire, in 2 top lists Check -
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Of Good Report
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Skoonheid
2011 — a.k.a. Beauty, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Wedding Party
2016, in 0 top lists -
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Kaddu Beykat
1976 — a.k.a. Letter from My Village, in 1 top list Check -
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Divine carcasse
1998 — a.k.a. Divine Body, in 0 top lists Check -
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Doa al karawan
1959 — a.k.a. The Curlew's Cry, in 3 top lists Check -
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Frontières
2017 — a.k.a. Borders, in 0 top lists
Last updated on Oct 13, 2020; source