La bouche
A daughter was murdered. Time stands still as a father oscillates between the need for solace and his urge for revenge. A sung story.
19'
France
IFFR 2018
Mahogany Too takes the 1975 cult classic Mahogany – a fashion-infused romantic drama – as its base. The film examines and revives Diana Ross's iconic portrayal of Tracy Chambers. Analogue film provides vintage tones, which emphasises the essence of the character, re-creating Tracy’s qualities through fashion, modelling, and styling.
Also in this combined programme
Hairat
At night, outside the walls of the Ethiopian city of Harar, Yussuf Mume Saleh gets together with a group of spotted hyenas.
7'
Ethiopia
IFFR 2018
How Can I Ever Be Late
African-American students at the University of Virginia welcome the band Sly and the Family Stone at Charlottesville airport in 1973.
5'
USA
IFFR 2018
La Mazda jaune et sa sainteté
A conceptual experiment on what it means to start a film with a black image, develops into a subtle personal story about the filmmaker.
10'
Belgium
IFFR 2018
- Director
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- Ghana, USA
- Production Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 3'
- Medium
- File
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Akosua Adoma Owusu / Obibini Pictures
- Production Company
- Obibini Pictures
- Sales
- Obibini Pictures
- Cinematography
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Editor
- Akosua Adoma Owusu, Dylan Bowman
- Production Design
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Sound Design
- Kari Rae Seekins
- Cast
- Esosa E
- Website
- http://akosuaadoma.com/home.html
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