Films

Esiri brothers Arie and Chuko transposes Mrs. Dalloway’s timeless story to contemporary Nigeria in this fiery reimagining of the Virginia Woolf classic, starring a luminous, profoundly melancholic Sophie Okonedo as the eponymous Lagos society woman.

A group of teenagers brimming with cinephile passion plunges into a sea of adventure when they begin making films in their small Nigerian village and found a collective, The Critics, that gains international traction and support.

An unlikely setting for a groundswell of talent and creativity, Cameroon’s overcrowded New Bell Prison reveals incarcerated artists whose extraordinary music, dance, and performance may just offer a chance at redemption.

In this striking neo-noir debut, a fiercely independent Lagos taxi driver’s careful life is upended when she becomes the driver for a group of glamorous, reckless sex workers—including her long-lost childhood friend.

Slow Horses’ Rosalind Eleazar delivers a sexy, funny, anguished performance as the one-time star of a hit TV show urgently striving for a single piece of career good luck in Chris Rock’s strikingly truthful showbiz tale.

After losing her son in a tragic accident, a mother travels from one family to another carrying an apology that may be impossible to accept, in Gabriel Martins' delicate, deeply human meditation on grief and forgiveness.

Five decades after director William Greaves invited the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance to Duke Ellington’s apartment to debate their movement’s legacy, Greaves’ son David completes his father’s passion project documenting a wealth of brilliant personality and bracing ideas.

Bay Area poet, educator, and community activist Amber Allen-Peirson turns the camera on her own life in this deeply moving quest for belonging that blends personal archival footage and vérité moments with a bold poetic narration.

Former lawyer and veteran documentarian Dawn Porter revisits the case of the Harlem Park Three, whose wrongful convictions as teenagers led to 36 years behind bars and exposed profound failures within the American justice system.

Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali's turn as a devout Muslim who quietly makes his living as a professional killer headlines this stunning, elevated blend of exemplary action, taut thriller, and moving drama.

Slow Horses’ Rosalind Eleazar delivers a sexy, funny, anguished performance as the one-time star of a hit TV show urgently striving for a single piece of career good luck in Chris Rock’s strikingly truthful showbiz tale.