1980s film scary african mask

South African Film

An African mask, lost in some western collection, is returned to its native Mali, while its keeper becomes over time a kind of ferryman from one world to another and from western to African civilization. Constructed as an ethnological road movie, the film progresses with each step taken deeper into the African bush, into a zone where magic and reality take turns providing the answers.

The film's material is based on the history of Nigeria during the Benin Expedition of 1897 and the looting of artifacts from the Benin palace

Documentary about Africa that includes footage from Hans Schomburgk's numerous African expeditions. The film footage was shot between 1913 and 1932.

South African Film

A finalist for the 1980 Student Academy Awards, Neil Ruttenberg's The Mask of Sarnath is structured as an entry in the horror film genre. The theme of 'Evil Never Dies' dominates the narrative backed by a hauntingly eerie soundtrack recorded by Throbbing Gristle.

Taiwanese horror movie from 1980.