In this thoughtful animation, Comfort Arthur narrates her attempts to lighten her skin and look like the perfect light-toned African Barbie. The personal journey she embarks on causes her to question societal ideals of beauty and whether she can accept herself as she is.
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Las Gidi Vice
TJ meets a girl at a party, unaware that she is about to give him a night he will never forget.
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Got Flowers Today
“Even though he beat me, I got flowers today.” A touching animation based on a poem by Paulette Kelly.
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POM VS. QUACKS
In this satire, the QUACKS conspire to overthrow the POM (Party of Ministers), an opposing elite African political group.
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I Believe in Pink
In a crowded market on the Lagos mainland, John makes men beautiful by tattooing their lips.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Ghana
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 4"
- Medium/Format
- File
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