Mama Africa
In 1997, six African women pledged that in the first year of the new millennium they would tell their stories, stories by African women. They called their series "Mama Africa" and drew their tales from the depths of their hearts. The result is a groundbreaking initiative bringing together the incredibly fresh talents of six female directors from the vast and diverse continent of Africa.
Fanta Régina Nacro
Fanta Régina Nacro
Ingrid Sinclair
Zulfah Otto-Sallies
Casts & Crew
Queen Latifah
Denise Newman
Cindy Sampson
Rehane Abrahams
Damien Chamley
Muhindua Kaura
Ayesha Meer Krige
Brian Bovell
Brian Biragi
Sophie David
Also Directed by Fanta Régina Nacro
This short film directed by Nacro in 1997 depicts the various myths behind condom use, sexuality, AIDS, polygamy and the theme of change in a Burkinabe village.
Twelve short stories about racism in every day life
Short directed by Fanta Régina Nacro.
Bintou wants to make sure that her daughter goes to school, but her husband Abel doesn’t think it’s worth it because there is only money enough for the boys’ education. Bintou won’t give up and starts her own business to earn the extra money. But Abel, scared that he is losing control and that Bintou’s newfound financial freedom will lead her to adultery, he tries to sabotage her efforts. Joyfully satirical, Bintou pushes aside the stereotypes of dignified African traditions and tackles sexuality, gender relations, and even the fraught relationship between tradition and modernity, with comic results. Winner Best Short film FESPACO 2001.
La Nuit de la Vérité is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war between the government army of the Nayak, led by 'Le président', and the Bonande rebels led by Colonel Theo, there is some sign of peace negotiations. But not everyone is in favor of peace and one can feel the tension. The night of truth starts with a festive dinner, but the village idiot Tomoto always seems capable of ruining the attempts for peace with violence and provocation.
Short directed by Fanta Régina Nacro.
Also Directed by Ingrid Sinclair
The lives of three extraordinary African women from different social levels and origins determined to bring about radical transformations in their day to day realities: Kenyan attorney and reputed lawyer Njoki Ndung'u, Puthi Ragophala the committed school principal of a remote South African village and Zimbabwean housewife-entrepreneur, Amai Rosie.
The port of Maputo in Mozambique is a natural outlet for goods and products from Botswana and Zimbabwe. The railway line that links these countries was built to decrease their reliance on South Africa's transportation system. Though first destroyed by the Rhodesian army and since then under constant attack from the Renamo rebels, attempts are now being made to reconstruct the Limpopo line.
Several years ago Bawren Tavaziva was an unemployed teenager dancing on the streets of Zimbabwe's townships to earn enough money to eat. Today, his UK-based contemporary dance company, Tavaziva Dance, performs at London's premier dance venues.
The 1970s in the former Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe: The native people is going against the white suppressors. As the war reaches the most distant villages as well the two friends Florence and Nyasha join the fighters and assume new names: Flame and Liberty. But the war is not as easy as they thought...
The tender love between father and child portrayed through a passionate dance of trust and innocence, set against archive footage of the violence of Zimbabwe today. This is a short plea for peace in Zimbabwe, especially for children.