Synopsis In the streets of Cairo, documentary filmmaker Hala Galal moves purposefully and quickly.She presents a brave face, but she is in constant fear of being harassed (or worse) just forbeing a working single woman. Galal follows two women, Heba and Aya, who...
SYNOPSIS After the death of his father, JEROME ADAMS flies back to his hometown Cape Town from Johannesburg, after a 10 year absence. Uninterested in being around his father’s club and minstrels, Jerome hopes to return to Johannesburg soon after the funeral. Given...
Synopsis On 9 April 1989, after another clash between Mauritanian herders and Senegalese farmers on the Senegalese border at Diawara, there was an incredible escalation of violence in both countries. These events resulted in thousands of victims and tens of thousands...
SYNOPSIS Angola. Three generations of women in a 25-year-long civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter). Past and present interlace. Nayola goes in search of her missing husband at the height of the war. Decades...
Synopsis Stay Up follows Malian dancer Mariam Doumbia as she tells her life story through dance, and prepares for her final performance at a dance school in Ouagadougou. For Miriam, fleeing from Mali and migrating to Burkina Faso gave her the possibility to start a...
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