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Cascade Festival of African Films, from Multcolib

Since 1991, the Cascade Festival of African Films has brought African cinema to Portland. CFAF shows us Africa through African lenses. Discover more films during our festival! Enjoy this curated list celebrating films shown throughout CFAF’s milestone years, via Kanopy. Free for anyone with a library card and a streaming device. Check out the CFAF website for all the details about this year's films and in-person festival events https://www.africanfilmfestival.org/.

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23 items

  • Yeelen

    Directed by Souleyman Cisse (Mali), 1987. 1st CFAF in 1991.
    Unknown, 1987Kino Lorber Edu, 1987. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Keita

    the heritage of the griot

    Directed by Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso) 1995. 5th CFAF in 1995
    Unknown, 2014[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Pieces D'Identites (Pieces of Identity)

    Directed by Mweze Ngangura (DRC) 1998. 10th CFAF in 2000.
    Unknown, 2015[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Tsotsi =

    [Thug]

    Directed by Gavin Hood (South Africa) 2005, 15th CFAF in 2005.
    Unknown, 2006[United States] : Miramax, 2006. — eVideo hoopla

  • Tsotsi

    Directed by Gavin Hood (South Africa) 2005, 15th CFAF in 2005.
    DVD, 2021Hollywood, CA : Paramount, [2021] — DVD Foreign TSOTSI

  • Un homme qui crie

    A screaming man

    Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad) 2010. 20th CFAF in 2010
    DVD, 2011[Fair Lawn, N.J.] : Film Movement ; Prince Frederick, Md. : Distributed by RB Media, 2011. — DVD Foreign SCREAMING

  • Half of a Yellow Sun

    Directed by Biyi Bandele, (Nigeria) . 25th CFAF in 2015
    Unknown, 2014Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Media, [2014] — DVD Drama HALF

  • Half of a Yellow Sun

    Directed by Biyi Bandele, (Nigeria) . 25th CFAF in 2015
    Unknown, 2014Monterey Media, Inc., 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Adam

    Directed by by Maryam Touzani (Morocco) 2019. 30th CFAF in 2020.
    DVD, 2021[Culver City, CA] : Strand Releasing, [2021] — DVD Foreign ADAM

  • Adam

    Directed by by Maryam Touzani (Morocco) 2019. 30th CFAF in 2020.
    Unknown, 2019Strand Releasing, 2019. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Arab Blues

    Tunisia; Themes: Witty, cool, wry, funny
    Unknown, 2019Mk2 Films, 2019. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • High Fantasy

    South Africa; Themes: Race experiences in SA, goofy, ‘interview reflections’, clever identity commentary
    Unknown, 2016Gravitas Ventures LLC, 2016. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • The Beast

    South Africa; Themes: Potent, breaking point, Shakespearean, riveting
    Unknown, 2016Salaud Morisset, 2016. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Ken Bugul: Nobody Wants Her - Portait of An Author

    Senegal; Themes: Profile of brilliant writer. Read more about this author in When We See Us
    Unknown, 2014Waka Films, 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Glorious Exit

    Nigeria; Themes: Nigerian-Swiss actor/director brothers return to father’s home for burial proceedings, learning curves
    Unknown, 2014[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Phone Swap

    Nigeria; Themes: Goofy, comedy of errors, lesson learned, endearing
    Unknown, 2015[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Dreams of Dust

    Niger, Burkina Faso; Themes: Fate, destiny, frustration, poetry shots, intimate, scale visuals (Co-production Canadian/Burkinabe companies)
    Unknown, 2016[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016. — Kanopy Streaming Video

  • Les chevaux de Dieu =

    Horses of God

    Morocco; Themes: Vulnerable, heartache, lovely shots, tense, sensitive
    Streaming Video, 2014[United States] : Kino Lorber, 2014. — Hoopla Streaming Video

  • Bamako

    Mali; Themes: Beautiful, incisive, community courage, defiance
    Unknown, 2006Icarus Films, 2006. — Kanopy Streaming Video