Through documentary-style cinematography, fictional storytelling, and the blending of unscripted testimony from witnesses and judges, Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako explores the enduring consequences of colonization and globalization in Africa and interrogates whether a united future is achievable in his 2006 docudrama “Bamako.”

As social media platforms continue to reshape how information spreads, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin returns with a follow-up to his Academy Award-winning film “The Social Network,” examining the consequences of Facebook’s rise.

The work that keeps a major city running smoothly is often overlooked, but “Maintenance Artist,” a new documentary screened at the Athena Film Festival on March 7, spotlights it.

Staging a scholarly discussion on North African Indigenous identity, language, and cosmology, Maison Française hosted students and faculty Feb. 17 for a screening of French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui’s debut feature film, “Animalia”—winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.