Screen(ing) Voices
Showcasing powerful films from directors in the African and African diasporas, this curated series of documentaries is designed to expose our audience to a decolonization of knowledge. Through the singular and personal visions of talented directors, we aim to challenge conventional narratives and provide fresh, insightful perspectives. This initiative is presented in partnership with Sudu Connexion.
MAÏRAM GUISSÉ
On My Mother's Life
This is a daughter telling the story of her mother. For a long time, she saw her without really looking at her. But now, her mother is on the eve of retirement, preparing a long trip back to Senegal. So Maïram wants to understand who is the woman behind her mother. She tells the story of Fatimata and her faithful friends, who have conquered, year after year, their space of freedom.
KANTARAMA GAHIGIRI
Terra Matter
Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she cannot help but wonder, where is the space for healing?
WENDY BASHI
Libende Boyz
Since October 2014 in Beni (North Kivu) people live in fear in this area of Democratic Republic of Congo. In this hectic and chaotic context, a group of young rappers and musicians dream about glory and success. They call themselves “Libende Boyz” meaning “Iron men”. They believe that one day Beni will no longer be compared to Mosul but to Los Angeles. This movie, it’s their story!
RUTH HUNDUMA
The Medallion
Ruth was barely a teenager when her mother passed down her Medallion, etched with a golden portrait of Nefertiti. A symbol of beauty and strength. Not only was this medallion an artefact, it was an emblem of her mother’s inconceivable plight; captured in middle school by the Derg communist military regime and raised in a prison camp for years, separated from her family. This story follows her early memories of the Derg Genocide and how she first became in possession of the medallion upon her escape. The medallions symbolised her freedom and was passed down to Ruth for her to pass on to her children, to keep her family and country’s story alive.
NINA KHADA
I bit my tongue
While I’m unable to go to my own country, I make a detour and wander through the city of Tunis searching for my native Algerian language.
ERIKA ETANGSALÉ
In the Billowing Night
Jean-René is a retired workman who has lived in Mâcon, France, since emigrating from Reunion Island at the age of 17.Today, for the first time ever, the quiet man recounts his story to his daughter.His journey is interspersed with enigmatic dreams and pains that are rooted in the wounds of the French colonial past.
