Amy tiene 11 años y se queda alucinada con un grupo de baile de chicas. Para unirse a ellas, empieza a explorar su feminidad, desafiando las tradiciones de su familia musulmana.
Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora, Beti Ellerson’s engaging debut intersperses interviews with such acclaimed women directors as Safi Faye, Sarah Maldoror, Anne Mungai, Fanta Régina Nacro and Ngozi Onwurah with footage from their seminal work. With power and nuance, Ellerson also confronts the thorny question of cultural authenticity by revisiting the legendary 1991 FESPACO (Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou), in which diasporian women were asked to leave a meeting intended for African woman only. This film is both a valuable anthology and a fitting homage to the pioneers and new talents of African cinema.
As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
The life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of an unnamed African state. Moussombe is a fictionalized portrait of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the film's events are a pastiche of the Congo Crisis in 1960s.
En Dakar, Diouana, analfabeta, es contratada por una pareja de blancos burgueses. Está encargada de ocuparse de los niños, una responsabilidad que la hace tener en cuenta por sus semejantes… Para agradecerle esta situación acomodada, Diouana le ofrece una máscara tradicional a su jefa. Por petición de sus patrones, Diouana acepta con júbilo acompañarlos a Antibes para las vacaciones. En Francia, las cosas cambian. Diouana se ve en la obligación de realizar todas las tareas domésticas, reducida así a la servidumbre sin ningún día de descanso...