Afrofuturist films

2018 film directed by Ryan Coogler

2022 film directed by Ryan Coogler

1998 film directed by Stephen Norrington

Yeelen (Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film written, directed and produced by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Though the era is undefined, it is presumably set in the 13th century in the Mali Empire and is a heroic quest narrative featuring magic and precognition.

1973 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

1993 film by Haile Gerima

1984 film by John Sayles

2005 film by Jean-Pierre Bekolo

2021 film directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

Pumzi () is a Kenyan science-fiction short film written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu. It was screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New African Cinema program. The project was funded with grants from the Changamoto arts fund, as well as from the Goethe Institut and Focus Features' Africa First short film program which are also to distribute the work. Kahiu hopes to expand the short into a full-length feature. The film is in English, but the title is Swahili for "Breath".

1983 film by Lizzie Borden

American TV series or program

1974 film