Sahara

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

John Huston

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

Runtime

2h 41m

Director

Sydney Pollack

Cast

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres,...

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Steven Spielberg

Cast

Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed ...

Runtime

2h 23m

Director

Edward Zwick

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Cast

Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney