# African Apocalypse

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{{Short description|2020 documentary  by Rob Lemkin}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = African Apocalypse
| image          =
| alt            = <!-- see WP:ALT -->
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{ubl|Rob Lemkin}}
| producer       = {{ubl| [Geoff Arbourne](/source/Geoff_Arbourne); Rob Lemkin; [David Upshal](/source/David_Upshal) }}
| writer         = {{ubl|[Femi Nylander](/source/Femi_Nylander)|Rob Lemkin}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* Femi Nylander
*[Toby Stephens](/source/Toby_Stephens) 
*[Stéphane Cornicard](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Cornicard)
*[Pierre Mignard](/source/Pierre_Mignard)
*Christophe Hespel
*Philippe Smolikowski
* Amina Weira
* Boubacar Assan Midal}}
| music          = [Tunde Jegede](/source/Tunde_Jegede);<br/> [Sunara Begum](/source/Sunara_Begum)
| cinematography = {{ubl|Claude Garnier}}
| editing        = [David Charap](/source/David_Charap)
| studio         = [Inside Out Films](/source/Inside_Out_Films) and LemKino Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|10|16|[LFF](/source/BFI_London_Film_Festival)}}
| runtime        = 88 minutes
| country        = {{ubl|Niger|United Kingdom}}
| language       = {{ubl|English|French|Hausa}}
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''African Apocalypse''''' is a 2020 [documentary](/source/documentary) film directed and produced by [Rob Lemkin](/source/Rob_Lemkin). It features [Femi Nylander](/source/Femi_Nylander) and was produced by [Geoff Arbourne](/source/Geoff_Arbourne) and [David Upshal](/source/David_Upshal). The film portrays a journey from [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England, to [Niger](/source/Niger) on the trail of a colonial killer called Captain [Paul Voulet](/source/Paul_Voulet). Voulet’s descent into barbarity mirrors that of [Kurtz](/source/Kurtz_(Heart_of_Darkness)) in [Joseph Conrad](/source/Joseph_Conrad)'s ''[Heart of Darkness](/source/Heart_of_Darkness)''. Nylander discovers that Voulet’s massacres happened at exactly the same time when Conrad wrote his book in 1899. In Niger, Nylander meets Nigerien communities along the route of Voulet’s trail who have lived with the legacy of his destruction.

The film was broadcast by the [BBC](/source/BBC) in May 2021 as an episode of the [''Arena'' documentary series](/source/Arena_(British_TV_series)).<ref>{{cite web |title=Arena: African Apocalypse |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wgw9 |website=BBC|date=2021 |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>

Among other critical attention it received,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://africanapocalypsefilm.com/reviews/|title=News and reviews|website=African Apocalypse|access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref> ''African Apocalypse'' was described by Phil Hoad in ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'' as a "fascinating historical documentary-cum-personal journey. ...[Nylander] is doing invaluable work here, disinterring another collectively obscured tragedy and presenting it back to Europe as part of a long-overdue revision of colonialism."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/30/african-apocalypse-review|title=Review {{!}} African Apocalypse review – startling journey into Niger's heart of darkness|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Phil|last=Hoad|date=30 October 2020}}</ref>

==Cast Member==

* [Toby Stephens](/source/Toby_Stephens) (Readings from 'Heart of Darkness'(voices)
* [Stephane Cornicard](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Cornicard) (Colonel Klobb(voice)
* [Pierre Mignard](/source/Pierre_Mignard) (Paul Voulet(voice)
* Christophe Hespel (Officer(voice)
* Philippe Smolikowski (Foreign Minister(voice)
* Femi Nylander
* Amina Weira
* Boubacar Assan Midal (Assan Ag Midal Boubacar
* Lucien Ntabona (Tirailleur(voice).<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6975054/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st#cast |title=African Apocalypse (2020) - Full cast & crew - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-01 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref>

==Film festivals==
''African Apocalypse'' [premiered](/source/Film_premiere) at the 64th [BFI London Film Festival](/source/BFI_London_Film_Festival) on {{nowrap|16 October 16}}, 2020. The film competed in the Debate strand.<ref name="cunningham">{{cite news | last=Nwokorie | first=Lynn | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/screenings/african-apocalypse | title=African Apocalypse | work=British Film Institute | date=October 16, 2020 | accessdate=October 16, 2020 | archive-date=8 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008195001/https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/screenings/african-apocalypse | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://africanapocalypsefilm.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|6975054|African Apocalypse}}
* [https://www.globalhealthfilm.org/resources/african-apocalypse-2020 "African Apocalypse (2020)"] at Global Health Film, 21 October 2021.
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/african_apocalypse ''African Apolcalypse''] at [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)

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