My favorite documentaries and movies about Africa (so far)

Great Movies and Documentaries I have seen:

- Cry Freedom: Played brilliantly by Denzel Washington. The movie is about Steve Biko, the South African anti-apartheid leader. (True Story)

- Hotel Rwanda: Don Cheadle plays the role of Paul Rusesabagina during the genocide in Rwanda. (True Story)

- Amistad: An all star cast film with Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, and Djimon Hounsou. Slavery is the subject of the movie. (Based on a true story)

- Tears of the Sun: with Bruce Willis. The plot is around an ethnic cleansing in Nigeria.

- Out of Africa: played magnificently by Robert Redford. It's a love story with beautiful images of Africa's countryside.

- Black Gold: A documentary telling the story of Ethiopian coffee farmers and their struggle in the international market against giants like Starbucks.

The one I would love to see:

- The Empire in Africa: a documentary about the Sierra Leone war
- Africa Blood and Guts: Colonialism in Africa
- Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
- Wonders of the African World

Ayemi Lawani