Preseveration of Africa’s cinematic
‍ HERITAGE

The African Film Heritage Project (AFHP) is a long-term initiative to help locate, restore and preserve films made on the African continent and will identify 50 films with historic, artistic and cultural significance that will then be restored. It is a joint initiative between Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, UNESCO, Cineteca di Bologna and the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) . Some of the titles already restored include:

Chronicle of the Years of Fire

Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algeria 1975

Yam Daabo

Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso 1986

Touki Bouki

Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal 1973

Soleil Ô

Directed by Med Hondo, Mauritania 1970

Sambizanga

Directed by Sarah Maldoror, Angola 1972

Lumumba, Death of a Prophet

Directed by Raoul Peck, France 1990

La Femme Au Couteau

Directed by Timité Bassori, Cote d'Ivoire 1969

The Eloquent Peasant

Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam, Egypt 1970

Contras' City

Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal 1968

Borrom Sarret

Directed by Ousmane Sembène, Sengela 1963

Black Girl

Directed by Ousmane Sembène, Sengal 1966

Alyam, Alyam

Directed by Ahmed El Maanouni, Morocco 1978

Al Momia

Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam

Badou Boy

Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal 1970

Muna Moto

Directed by Dikongue – Pipa, Cameroon 1975

Trances

Directed by Ahmed El Maanoumi, Morocco 1981