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Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy
(Hissein Habré, une tragédie tchadienne)
Victims of the brutal Hissein Habré Regime in Senegal bring their Head of State to trial.
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- Chad, Senegal, France • 2016
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Hissène Habré
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Dry Season
(Daratt)
In postwar Chad, the government declares amnesty for war criminals and Atim is tasked by his grandfather with tracking down his father’s killer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chad, France, Belgium • 2006
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, MUBI
A Screaming Man
(Un homme qui crie)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, Chad • 2010
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Youssouf Djaoro, Dioucounda Koma, Emile Abossolo M'bo, Hadje Fatime N'Goua, Djénéba Koné, Marius Yelolo
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV
Our Father
(Abouna)
The lives of two brothers are upended when they awake one morning to find that their father has left.
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- France, Chad, Netherlands • 2002
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa, Hamza Moctar Aguid, Zara Haroun, Hassan Boulama, Mounira Khalil, Diego Mustapha Ngarade
- Genre Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel
Grigris
A paralyzed young man with dreams of becoming a dancer resolves to work for petrol traffickers to save his uncle.
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- Chad, France • 2013
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Souleymane Démé, Anaïs Monory, Cyril Gueï, Marius Yelolo, Hadje Fatime N'Goua, Abakar M'Baïro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee, Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Apple TV
Daresalam
Two boyhood friends become rebel soldiers but have increasingly disparate feelings about the guerilla life.
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- France, Burkina Faso, Chad • 2001
- Director Issa Serge Coelo
- Cast Haikal Zakaria, Abdoulaye Ahmat, Gérard Essomba, Sidiki Bakaba, Youssouf Djaoro
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Kanopy
Goï-Goï
A hard-drinking gambler finds out his wife is cheating on him and hatches a plan to regain his honor.
- Chad • 1995
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Adamou Mahamat, Fatima Adoum, Halimata Koundja, Oumar Ouadoua, Brahim Djimé
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Maral tanié
When a 17-year-old's parents arrange her marriage with a 50-year-old man, she must fight for her right to choose.
- Chad, France • 1994
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Hadje Falmata Abakar, Moussa Atim, Achta Poret, N'Guérébaye Adoum Saleh
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bye Bye Africa
A director returns home to find his country and its cinema in shambles. Still he attempts to make a film.
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- France, Chad • 1999
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Garba Issa, Aïcha Yelena, Abakar Mahamat-Saleh, Khayar Oumar Defallah
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Third Day
(Le troisième jour)
A meditative look at the headspace of a fisherman in mourning.
- Chad • 1967
- Director Edouard Sailly
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Captain Majid
(Le pèlerin de Camp Nou)
A teenager hoping to marry his love and play professional soccer is faced with a gravely difficult decision.
- Chad, United States • 2009
- Director Bentley Brown
- Cast Abakar Chene Massar, Ousman Adoum, Nadech Ngaryo, Adoudou Ahmat Aziber, Hamza Malloum Ali
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tartina City
A journalist reporting on a government death squad is thrown in prison, where he gets help from the commander's wife.
- Chad, Morocco, Gabon • 2007
- Director Issa Serge Coelo
- Cast Youssouf Djaoro, Felkissam Mahamat, Billy Josephine
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Feminine Dilemma
(Dilemme au féminin)
An exposé on the practice of female genital mutilation and the harms it causes.
- Chad • 1994
- Director Zara Yacoub
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Talking About Trees
Four retired filmmakers try to bring back an old movie theater despite bureaucratic resistance and censorship.
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- France, Sudan, Chad • 2019
- Director Suhaib Gasmelbari
- Cast Ibrahim Shaddad, Suliman Mohamed Ibrahim Elnour, Eltayeb Mahdi, Manar al Hilo, Hana Abdelrahman Suliman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Oustaz
(أستاذ)
When the teacher who sparked his passion for film dies, a filmmaker revisits old videos they made together.
- Chad, Saudi Arabia • 2016
- Director Bentley Brown
- Cast Mahamat Ali Boukhary, Bentley Brown, Aaron Brown, Abdelaziz Djamil, Hassan Mahamadia
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kalala
Filmmaker Hissein Djibrine, nicknamed Kalala, died of AIDS in 2003. The circumstances of his death are unraveled in this documentary.
- Chad • 2006
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sand Ball
(Ballon de sable)
A coach and a star player attempt to revive the championship hopes of Chad's long-suffering national soccer team.
- Morocco, Chad • 2021
- Director Younes Jaddad, Ronaimou Adoumbaye
- Cast Esaïe Djikoloum, Joseph Rapid Mbaitaro
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind
(Scénarios d'Afrique: L'arbre et le vent)
When her uncle agrees to marry his brother's widow, Fatim worries for her uncle since the brother may have died of AIDS.
- Chad, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity
After getting a positive diagnosis of HIV, Gaba turns to his family for support in affording the expensive HIV medicine.
- Chad, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Letter from New York
A homesick Chadian immigrant to New York struggles to adapt to her new life, sending letters home detailing her experiences.
- Chad • 2001
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Deserts of the Earth
(Die Wüsten der Erde)
Two Germans travel the deserts of the world, vividly capturing nature and human cultures.
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- Afghanistan, Australia, Chad • 2005
- Director Elke Wallner
- Cast Michael Martin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Addabache Djay Wara
A poor young Chadian man travels to Libya in search of financial opportunity.
- Chad • 2005
- Director Abakar Chene Massar, Bentley Brown
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Welcome to Boum Kabir
(Bienvenue à Boum Kabir)
A traditional village has only one water source: a lake whose muddy banks make fetching water difficult.
- Chad, France • 1962
- Director Claude Pairault
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lac
A fisher whose livelihood is threatened by pollution cleans the lake of plastic bags and uses them to make rope.
- Chad • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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