North Africa Movies

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

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...

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

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

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

Travelogue released on December 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

In 1955, what was known as the "Algerian War" gradually escalated into all-out war, and the French army inexorably transformed into a soldiery...

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...

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