North Africa Movies

At a dangerous time in Algeria, 'Douar de Femmes' is a story of ordinary women who manage to defend themselves in extraordinary situations. The film...

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In 1970, Tahar, a young Tunisian, travels to France for the first time to help his older brother, who is wrongly accused of murder and incarcerated...

Writer and filmmaker Assia Djebar explores Algerian history, the psychological impact of war, and post-colonial female identity in this 1979 classic...

In Algeria, pottery is different from one region to another, the result of the various influences it has undergone throughout history. If the...

Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Algeria, more...

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after their country's independence.

This first entry in the "Believe It Or Not" series of shorts visits northern Africa. Included are a look at the Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert, a...

A nostalgic drift through the collective memory of Algerian youth circa 2009.