Mama Africa (2002)

Synopsis: 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,... 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. [More]

Starring: Sophie David, Brian Biragi, Rehane Abrahams, Elia Jack Nakalemo

Starring: Sophie David, Brian Biragi, Rehane Abrahams, Elia Jack Nakalemo, Muhindua Kaura, Brian Bovell, Elizabeth Mathebula, Hilja Lindsay-Parkinson, Ayesha Meer Krige, Denise Newman, Oscar Petersen, Esi Shimming-Chase

Director: Bridget Pickering, Ngozi Onwurah, Zulfah Otto-Sallies

Director: Bridget Pickering, Ngozi Onwurah, Zulfah Otto-Sallies
Screenwriter: Bridget Pickering, Ngozi Onwurah, Zulfah Otto-Sallies, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Brian Tilley
Studio: Wellspring

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