Mancala in films
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| Title | Year | Director | Distributor | Running time | Languages | Description |
| Kapuso mo, Jessica Soho (Episode of February 24, 2007) | 2007 | Jessica Soho | GMA Channel 7 | 60 Minutes | Tagalog | "Sungka Diplomacy" of the Philippine Embassy during the ASEAN Sports Fest in Pretoria, South Africa in May 2006 |
| Hola Barcelona (4 de juliol de 2006) | 2006 | Olga València & Núria Dias | Barcelona Televisió | 11 Minutes | Catalan | Víktor Bautista i Roca explains Oware and shows some boards from his collection |
| The Game Board | 2006 | Kate Matthews | Kate Matthews | 5 Minutes | English | Animation which centres around a traditional Ethiopian mancala game called Gebeta. |
| Twins of Mankala | 2006 | Jason DaSilva | In Face Films | 11 Minutes | English | Kid culture and socialization in Kenya and the USA |
| Awale Kings | 2005 | Tim Hull | Tim Hull | 8 Minutes | English | In this film children of Kela village recreate the history of how 2 kings played Awale at a pivotal moment in the foundation of the Great Malian Empire |
| SheWrite | 2005 | Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar | Indian Documentary Producers Association | 55 Minutes | Tamil | Filmed poetry - in a scene a mother is playing "Pallanguzhi" with her daughter |
| I Heart Huckabees | 2004 | David O. Russell | Fox Searchlight | 106 Minutes | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | Anarchic comedy with interesting mancala scene |
| Planet Wissen: Brettspiele - Spass seit Jahrtausenden | 2004 | Christoph Teves and Claudia Kracht | WDR/SWR | 58 Minutes | German | Documentary on board games claiming that mancala games were played in 2000 BC in Egypt |
| The Game of Oware | 2003 | Oliver Oguntade | (?) | 20 Minutes | English | Interviews with members of the Ugandan Omweso team, various Oware champions, and Seth and Glenda of the Oware Society in England |
| No Seed | 2002 | Howard and Mitzi Allen | HAMA Productions | 90 Minutes | English | Dramatic thriller which parallels a Warri game |
| Grand Cayman (Origins, Show #116) | 1999 | Burt Wolf | Kentucky Educational Television (KET) | (?) | English | Exploring the cultural traditions of Grand Cayman including Waurie |
| Océan Atlantique | 1998 | Pierre-Antoine Muraccioli | Warner Home Video | 65 Minutes | French, English, German | Two men playing Ouril in Mindelo, Cabo Verde |
| Deadly Games (Diagnosis Murder #89) | 1997 | Christopher Hibler | CBS Television | 60 Minutes | English | First a very bad Weiqi scene, obviously made by someone who never played the game; eventually a mancala game is produced and played |
| Visage de Femmes | 1985 | Désiré Ecaré | (?) | 90 Minutes | French | Awalé playing scene in the Ivory Coast |
| Sports, Society, and Self | 1983 | (?) | Wisconsin Educational Television Network by Positive Image Productions | 15 Minutes | English | Awele documentary (Baoule, West Africa) |
| Baga (Westafrika, Guineaküste) - Mankalla-Spiel | 1960 | Horst Luz and Waldemar Herz | IWF (Göttingen) | 11 Minutes | Silent (German) | Documentary on Baga children playing a mancala game in Guinea |
| Latuko | 1955 (filmed in 1950) | Edgar Monsanto Queeny | American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) | 49 Minutes | English, German | Scene with men playing Ekonda in Sudan |
| In den Kakao-Plantagen der Goldküste | 1951 (filmed in 1950) | Albert Kolb | Cadbury Brothers Ltd. (Bournville) | 12 Minutes | Silent (English) | Scene with Ashanti workers playing Oware in the cacao plantations of the Gold Coast |
| Spiel, Orakel und kultischer Tanz aus Nigerien | 1942 (filmed in 1937-1938) | Paula Melzian | Forschungsinstitut für Völkerkunde (Leipzig) | 5.5 Minutes | Silent (German) | Scene with two Yoruba men playing a mancala game |
| Jungen- und Männerspiele | 1936 (filmed in 1928-1929) | Paul Germann | Forschungsinstitut für Völkerkunde (Leipzig) | 3.5 Minutes | Silent (German) | Two boys playing a mancala game in Gbande, Northern Liberia |
| Ata Kiwan ("Menschen der Berge") im Solor-Alor-Archipel (Ostindonesien) | 1928-1929 | Ernst Vatter | Ernst Vatter (Frankfurt/Main) | 32 Minutes | Silent (German) | Scene with Ata Kiwan women ("People of the Mountains") playing a mancala game in the Solor-Alor Archipelago (East Indonesia) |
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