 | Iron Ladies of Liberiaby Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott-Johnson, Henry Ansbacher, and Jonathan Stack Go behind the scenes with Africa’s first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia. Global Voices, Women and Girls Lead, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |
 | Land Rushby Hugo Berkeley and Osvalde Lewat-Hallade Land Rush looks at how multinational agribusiness is threatening African farmers' ability to feed their communities. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Why Poverty? |
 | Last White Man Standingby Justin Webster, Mette Heide, and Don Edkins Tom Cholmondeley, heir to the largest white-owned estate in Kenya, stands accused of murdering a black poacher on his land. The film follows the case and gives an in-depth look at its sociopolitical context. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection |
 | Lost Boys of Sudanby Jon Shenk and Megan Mylan Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two young refugees of Sudan’s civil war through their first year in America. POV, Global Voices |
 | Mama Africa: An Evening in Julyby Simon Bright, and Wellspring Media, Inc. On the afternoon before her arranged marriage, a reluctant young bride and aging beautician in Tunisia form a bond with deep consequences for both of them. |
 | Mama Africa: Bintouby Simon Bright, and Wellspring Media, Inc. Against all odds and her husband's wishes, a downtrodden housewife in Burkina Faso sets out to earn enough money to educate her daughter. |
 | Mama Africa: Growing Up Urbanby Simon Bright, and Wellspring Media, Inc. In three richly imagined short dramas, three of Africa's most successful women filmmakers explore the modern African city through intimate stories about motherhood, ambition, and the search for identity. |
| Mama Africa: Richesby Simon Bright, and Wellspring Media, Inc. When a teacher flees with her son from apartheid South Africa to an isolated village in Zimbabwe, she must fight as an independent woman and rejected outsider to claim her place within her new society. |
 | Milking the Rhinoby David E. Simpson The native herding tribes of Africa are emerging from a century of “white man’s conservation,” which turned their lands into off-limits game reserves. Now, with a new model of conservation, African wildlife is back in their hands and the tribes are vying for a piece of the ecotourism pie. But can poachers become protectors? Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens, Global Voices |
 | Mrs. Goundo's Daughterby Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater One mother's fight for political asylum in the United States to protect her daughter from female genital cutting, a traditional practice in their home country of Mali. AfroPop |
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