The scope of winning entries reflects a snapshot of the remarkable work that has been coming out from the continent in the last decade, particularly within the documentary format. This year, African ...

If you were surprised to learn that Amazon Prime Video’s Jerry West: The Logo was directed by Kenya Barris, he completely understands. Barris, best known as the creator of the ABC sitcom Black-ish, ...

A new documentary has exposed Kenya’s hidden contract-cheating industry, where thousands of "shadow scholars" write essays and theses for students abroad At least 40,000 people in Nairobi alone are ...

Africa is producing some of the world’s most captivating documentaries, a genre that allows filmmakers to tell riveting stories that revisit the past while challenging the inequities of the present.

Retired NBA basketball player Yao Ming is visiting Kenya to film a crucial documentary aimed at highlighting the dwindling populations of rhinos and elephants in the country, occasioned by poaching.

When Kenya Barris first set out to direct “Jerry West: The Logo,” he thought he was telling the story of a basketball icon, but what he found instead was something far more human. “I wanted people to ...