Folarin is an accomplished investment banker with a beautiful wife and a life most people can only dream of. When a high-profile government project his company was hired to manage goes awry, he discovers himself in a remote fishing village and starts to put together the missing pieces—but will he ever find his way back home?

Michael Okeke, a Nigerian student living in New Delhi, wants to get his MBA and settle in India, but his part-time job gives him a dubious double life in a city notoriously difficult for outsiders.

Ten-year-old Aisha wants to become a fisher so she can sail to Europe and become an actress, but her mother thinks that fishing should be left to men. One day Aisha meets a fisherman who decides to teach her how to fish. Preceded by Awa Moctar Gueye’s Timis.

Congolese filmmaker Jean-Michel Tchissoukou’s comedy, set in 1930s Congo, depicts the tensions between African pre-colonial religions and the Catholic Church over the construction of a chapel. Preceded by Francis Y. Brown’s Jabari.

This biographical documentary delves into the life of an extraordinary artist, El Anatsui, the world-renowned sculptor from Ghana, and triumphantly acknowledges the importance of Africa’s rich artistic and cultural heritage in the pantheon of global contemporary art.

Kiki, a musician lost in an unhappy marriage to her controlling husband-manager Mark, finds herself in a whirlwind romance when she meets Kofi, a replacement bassist for her band, forcing her to make an impossible decision. Preceded by Peter Oti Asamoah’s Last Night.

Starring Ama Qamata and Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fight Like a Girl depicts the true story of a young Congolese woman who finds liberation after joining an all-women’s boxing club in Goma, led by an ex-child-soldier coach.

Shot in the breathtaking landscape of Zimbabwe, this dance film examines the question of masculinity through the story of four individuals who proceed unquestioningly into manhood through various stages of their lives, yet are oppressed by a feeling of unease.

The story of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress, is told through the experiences of several generations in this documentary, an intergenerational reflection on the all-consuming call to take up arms for South Africa’s liberation. Preceded by Ngozi Onwurah’s Neighborhood Alert.

A tale of passion, struggle, and the enduring power of music in an ever-changing world, The Rhythm and The Blues is the true-life story of legendary bluesman Eddie Taylor and his fight against obscurity, industry corruption, and cultural appropriation. Preceded by Siji Awoyinka’s Funmi!

Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense gives voice to the growing trend of Afro-descendants moving back to the continent of Africa to live. Set in Tanzania, and told through a teacher’s eyes, this documentary showcases the life and empowering legacy of the founding father of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, and the recent presidency of Dr. John Pombe Magufuli.

Aspiring rapper Stevo joins Kojack’s gang for quick cash, but a heist gone awry leaves him with the loot. Now, he must navigate the dangers of his criminal past while pursuing his music dreams.

A small-town artist must fight his community as they demand a share of the fortune his creation promises to deliver.

When a German farmer is found hanging from a tree, a hard-boiled police officer is pulled into an investigation that uncovers Namibia’s colonial history and genocide of the Herero people.

This short film program includes Christian Nyampeta’s Sometimes It Was Beautiful, Maja Costa’s Mångata, Shawn Antoine II’s For Those That Lived There, Rehanna Ngom’s The Prophecy, Diego de Jesus’s The Last Bash, and Imran Hamdulay’s The Wait.

This program of short films includes Derrick Woodyard’s Love Taps, Devin Powell’s The Last Joint, Antoine Paley’s Jeanne, Ahmed Samir’s Mirah, Ashley L. Canfield’s Papi, Kitoko Diva’s Addis, My Father, and Chiemeka Offor’s Black Dreams.

This program of short films includes Dika Ofoma’s A Quiet Monday, Morad Mostafa’s I Promise You Paradise, Umar Turaki’s Bege (Yearning), Max Fouchee’s Cape Town Royalty Program, Dolapo Marinho’s Wèrè, and Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda’s Where My Memory Began.

Join AFF as veteran independent filmmaker Ngozi Onruwah discusses the craft of utilizing cinema as a tool for unmasking the dynamics of the socioeconomic status quo in an intimate conversation with Ashley Clark, Curatorial Director at the Criterion Collection, in the Amphitheater in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.

For her 3rd solo presentation at Film at Lincoln Center, Nigerian-American artist Zainab Aliyu probes the archival silence surrounding Black experiences amidst generations of migration and forced displacement, illuminating the power dynamics inherent in shaping collective memory.