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.
Genre : Documentary
Contemporary Issues : AI , Technology and Privacy , Stereotypes & Bias
AI: African Intelligence

Granted rare access to Ndeup, a spiritual healing ceremony practiced by Lebou peoples in Senegal, filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara–with input from a cadre of scientists and academics–wonders what connections, if any, can be made between the possession ritual and Western logic. "A.I. African Intelligence" imagines generative ways of utilizing and thinking about “machine learning,” which Diawara fears might otherwise elide specific cultural practices like Ndeup.

Directors : Manthia Diawara
Available Format : DCP , Apple ProRes , MP4
Markets : Documentary
Year Released : 2023
Running Time : 110
Color : Color
Country : Senegal
Original Language : English/French/Wolof
Translation available in : English subtitles

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Maysles Cinema, New York Premiere, 2025
National Gallery of Art, DC Premiere, 2025
Suns Cinema, DC, 2025
Berlinale Forum Expanded, 2023
Cinema Palace, Brussels, Premiere, 2023
The NGO International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2023
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Granted rare access to Ndeup, a spiritual healing ceremony practiced by Lebou peoples in Senegal, filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara–with input from a cadre of scientists and academics–wonders what connections, if any, can be made between the possession ritual and Western logic. "A.I. African Intelligence" imagines generative ways of utilizing and thinking about “machine learning,” which Diawara fears might otherwise elide specific cultural practices like Ndeup.

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