Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Rio de Janeiro, 2023 SYNOPSIS : Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata, Grande Otelo, was one of Brazil’s greatest actors and comedians, using the spotlight to shape his own narrative and discuss the institutional racism that haunted...
Enah Johnscott, Cameroon, 2023 SYNOPSIS Kizito, a selfish and legalistic preacher, is sent on a one-month journey to Mboko, a feared and atheist ghetto, to validate his eligibility for ordination. During his stay, he is saved and assisted by Bisona, an infamous...
Mohamed Ben Attia, Tunisia, 2023 SYNOPSIS Rafik, an ordinary-looking man, seemed to have everything in life. That was until he was sentenced to four years in prison for an unexplained outburst of madness that left those around him bewildered. Upon his release, he...
Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu, Kenya, Portugal, Allemagne, 2023 SYNOPSIS Our Land, Our Freedom tells the story of two extraordinary Kenyan women – a mother and daughter, Mukami and Wanjugu Kimathi. Mukami was a freedom fighter in Kenya’s 1950s independence...
Kalidou Sy, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSISIn 1968, when Le Devoir de Violence was published, Yambo Ouologuem was still an unknown young Malian writer. Addressing themes of slavery and crimes between Africans before French colonization, his book quickly brought him out of...
Ousmane William Mbaye, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSISNdar, the original name of Saint Louis, a small island on the Senegal River, was the stronghold of colonial penetration in West Africa four centuries ago. An economic, cultural, and political crossroads, it served as a...
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