She's in your soul...
Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Superstar musician, actress and talk show host Queen Latifah presents Mama Africa, a tapestry of dynamic stories told by women, about women. Coming from an African perspective, but universal in its themes, this trilogy of short films explores the hardships of coming of age in a challenging world. Films presented are Uno's World by Bridget Pickering (Namibia), Hang Time by Ngozi Onwurah (Nigeria) and Raya by Zulfa Otto-Sallies (South Africa). In offering this trilogy, Queen Latifah states, "I've always found strength in Mother Africa. And I find inspiration in her young daughters, like the brilliant filmmakers who bring us this movie."
"...on the cutting edge of urban youth culture." Mia Mask, IndieWire
Editor's Note
MAMA AFRICA combines three short powerful films about young people in modern Africa. The films were directed by African women. Rapper and actress Queen Latifah introduces the films. UNO'S WORLD, from Namibia, tells the tale of a young woman, Uno (Sophie David), whose poor judgment leads to an unplanned pregnancy. While her mother watches her baby, Uno pursues the father, becoming involved with a drug dealer in order to track him down. HANG TIME, from Nigeria, opens with a kinetically filmed basketball game. Kwame (Brian Biragi) is a talented young player who can't afford a decent pair of shoes. With a college scout coming from America to watch him play, the desperate Kwame goes to work for a local gangster to earn the money for his shoes. In the final film, RAYA, from South Africa, the title character (Rehane Abrahams) is a former drug dealer getting out of prison after five years. Unable to reconcile with her conservative Muslim mother, she takes her young daughter and goes to live with a member of her old gang. MAMA AFRICA poignantly depicts family dynamics and gives the audience a view of contemporary urban Africa rarely seen on the screen.
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