African Studies
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AI: African Intelligence
Granted rare access to Ndeup, a spiritual healing ceremony practiced by Lebou peoples in Senegal, filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara wonders what connections can be made between the possession ritual and Western logic and technology.More Information -
Tunisian Women: We Will Stand Up
TUNISIAN WOMEN is a powerful record of the work of women activist in Tunisia and a celebration of Tunisia's extraordinary history of activism and resistance against authoritarian rule since the 1970s.More Information -
A Letter from Yene
Yene, a fishing village on the coast of Senegal, has been besieged by coastal erosion and uncontrolled urbanization in recent decades. Local fishermen, pebble collectors, and filmmaker Manthia Diawara address how they collectively and unknowingly contribute to undermining their shared environment.More Information -
Body and Soul (De Corpo e Alma)
Victoria, Mariana and Vasco are three young Mozambicans with physical disabilities living in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital city.More Information -
The Keepsake
After living with relatives in fast-paced Lagos City, Nigeria, 14-year-old Amarachi returns to her home village to live with her mother Ikechi for the first time in eight years. When Ikechi learns Amarachi is pregnant due to rape, the pair begins an emotional journey to heal from their individual and collective traumas, save what is left of their estranged relationship, and learn to live as a family.More Information -
Mr. Devious
This documentary on South African Hip-Hop artist Mr. Devious presents his hardcore style of rapping about ghetto life in Cape Flats, and his untimely murder.More Information -
In My Genes
Documentary about the harsh realities of living with Albinism in Kenya.More Information -
Masizakhe: Building Each Other
This documentary explores the role of art, social activism and Hip-Hop in South Africa’s education system after the end of Apartheid.More Information -
Living the Hiplife
Shot in Accra, Ghana, this documentary follows the birth of Hiplife music, a mix of various African musical forms and American Hip-Hop.More Information -
Is It Sweet? Tales of an African Superstar in New York
Ghana’s Hip-Hop superstar Reggie Rockstone travels to New York, where he experiences the unexpected struggles and pleasures of life as an anonymous African on the fringes of an American city.More Information -
Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution
From the ashes of four decades of war, AIDS and corruption in Uganda, The Bataka Squad artists, Babaluku and Saba Saba, rise to forge a revolutionary path using music.More Information -
Democracy in Dakar
This film explores the transformative role of Hip-Hop in politics in Senegal during the 2007 presidential election campaign.More Information -
Angola
An engaging overview of Angola's social and economic landscape using scenes of everyday life in Angola and interviews from Angolans themselves.More Information -
Ọya: Something Happened On The Way To West Africa!
Media artist Seyi Adebanjo tells a tale not often heard about gender and indigenous Yorùbá spirituality.More Information
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