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Films and documentaries streaming free from the people who made or broadcast them. Press play and settle in.
Films
Official Wakaliwood
Who Killed Captain Alex?
Uganda, 2010. Wakaliwood’s first action movie, narrated live by VJ Emmie.
Official Wakaliwood
Bad Black
Uganda, 2016. Wakaliwood again: a heist, a slum and VJ Emmie on the mic.
Sketches
Saturday Night Live UK
Nigerian Wicked
Cynthia Erivo on Saturday Night Live UK: Glinda, Elphaba and a stressful sound mix.
Documentaries
DW Documentary
The global rise of afro house music
How a South African sound took over dance floors everywhere.
Al Jazeera English, Africa Direct
Colours Are Alive Here
A fashion designer and her studio in Kenya.
Al Jazeera English, Africa Direct
The man who plants baobabs
A farmer in Burkina Faso and the forest he grew.
Al Jazeera English, Africa Direct
The Last Speaker
South Africa’s dying language and the woman keeping it alive.
FRANCE 24 English
Welcome to Nollywood
Inside the world’s second-largest film industry.
DW Documentary
From taxi driver to opera star
One singer’s turn from the road to the stage.