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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

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

    the heritage of the griot

    Directed by Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso) 1995. 5th CFAF in 1995
    Unknown[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Directed by Mweze Ngangura (DRC) 1998. 10th CFAF in 2000.
    Unknown[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Tsotsi =

    [Thug]

    Directed by Gavin Hood (South Africa) 2005, 15th CFAF in 2005.
    Streaming Video[United States] : Miramax, 2006. — eVideo hoopla
  • Directed by Gavin Hood (South Africa) 2005, 15th CFAF in 2005.
    DVDHollywood, 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[Fair Lawn, N.J.] : Film Movement ; Prince Frederick, Md. : Distributed by RB Media, 2011. — DVD Foreign SCREAMING
  • Directed by Biyi Bandele, (Nigeria) . 25th CFAF in 2015
    DVDThousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Media, [2014] — DVD Drama HALF
  • Directed by Biyi Bandele, (Nigeria) . 25th CFAF in 2015
    Streaming VideoMonterey Media, Inc., 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Directed by by Maryam Touzani (Morocco) 2019. 30th CFAF in 2020.
    DVD[Culver City, CA] : Strand Releasing, [2021] — DVD Foreign ADAM
  • Directed by by Maryam Touzani (Morocco) 2019. 30th CFAF in 2020.
    Streaming VideoStrand Releasing, 2019. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Tunisia; Themes: Witty, cool, wry, funny
    Streaming VideoMk2 Films, 2019. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • South Africa; Themes: Race experiences in SA, goofy, ‘interview reflections’, clever identity commentary
    Streaming VideoGravitas Ventures LLC, 2016. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • South Africa; Themes: Potent, breaking point, Shakespearean, riveting
    Streaming VideoSalaud Morisset, 2016. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Senegal; Themes: Profile of brilliant writer. Read more about this author in When We See Us
    Streaming VideoWaka Films, 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Nigeria; Themes: Nigerian-Swiss actor/director brothers return to father’s home for burial proceedings, learning curves
    Streaming Video[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Nigeria; Themes: Goofy, comedy of errors, lesson learned, endearing
    Streaming Video[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Niger, Burkina Faso; Themes: Fate, destiny, frustration, poetry shots, intimate, scale visuals (Co-production Canadian/Burkinabe companies)
    Streaming Video[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016. — Kanopy Streaming Video
  • Morocco; Themes: Vulnerable, heartache, lovely shots, tense, sensitive
    Streaming Video[United States] : Kino Lorber, 2014. — Hoopla Streaming Video
  • Mali; Themes: Beautiful, incisive, community courage, defiance
    Streaming VideoIcarus Films, 2006. — Kanopy Streaming Video