Black Barbie
A young black woman bleaches her skin to conform to societal pressure.
4'
Ghana
IFFR 2018
Emma and Rebecca were snatched as young children from their home in Yorubaland and sold into slavery. Though far from home, memories of their culture have never left them. Will they be able to flee from their captor in the perilous Scottish Highlands and gain their liberty?
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Born
A young woman feels she has no choice but to terminate her pregnancy.
8'
Nigeria
IFFR 2018
Brood
A guy can't get a difficult conversation out of his head.
5'
Nigeria
IFFR 2018
Freak the Fxxk Out
Creepy figures in the shape of humans do strange things.
4'
Nigeria
IFFR 2018
- Director
- Gordon Napier
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Production Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 19'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
- Producer
- John Mckay / Compact Pictures
- Production Company
- Compact Pictures
- Sales
- Compact Pictures
- Screenplay
- Morayo Akande
- Cinematography
- Julian Schwanitz
- Editor
- Florian Nonnenmacher
- Sound Design
- William Aikman
- Music
- Malcolm Lindsay
- Cast
- Morayo Akande, Moyo Akande, Clive Russell
- Website
- https://www.1745film.com/
Programme
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
Multifaceted contemporary African and African-diaspora cinema with special focus on the history of the Pan-African movement as captured in film.
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Two sisters kidnapped from their home and sold into slavery attempt to retake their freedom.
19'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2018
August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People
Ava DuVernay's short film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on that date in different years.
22'
USA
IFFR 2018
Black Barbie
A young black woman bleaches her skin to conform to societal pressure.
4'
Ghana
IFFR 2018