Directed by John Trengove • Drama • 2017 • South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France • Xhosa with English subtitles
Starring Mallory Wanecque, Timéo Mahaut, Johan Heldenbergh
Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, "The Wound" is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s Xhosa culture that caused controversy and sparked crucial conversations in its home country.
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Banel & Adama
Directed by Ramata-Toulaye Sy • Drama • 2024 • Senegal, France, Mali, Qatar • Pulaar with English subtitles
Starring Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine SyBanel and Adama are fiercely in love. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But duty dictates that Adama accept the role of ...
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Trouble the Water
Directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin • Documentary • 2008 • US • English
Featuring Brian Nobles, Wink Rivers, Kimberly Rivers RobertsWinner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, this powerful documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. “Trouble the Water” takes you inside ...
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The Retrieval
Directed by Chris Eska • Drama • 2014 • US • English
Starring Ashton Sanders, Keston John, Tishuan ScottOn the outskirts of the Civil War, white bounty hunters send a young boy on a mission into the north to find a fugitive freed man by earning his trust and luring him back to the south. Groun...
