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Mama Africa, hosted by rapper/actress Queen Latifah, combines three short films, directed by African women, telling tales of misguided youth in contemporary Africa. In Uno's World, from Namibia and directed by Bridget Pickering, Uno (Sophie David), a sexually inexperienced young woman, gets involved with a womanizer, Kaura (Muhindua Kaura), which leads to an unplanned pregnancy. When Kaura refuses to take responsibility for their child, and starts avoiding Uno, she leaves the baby in the care of
Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.
Documentary, Drama, Art House & International
Fanta Régina Nacro , Zulfah Otto Sallies
Bridget Pickering, Ngozi Onwurah, Zulfah Otto-Sallies, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Brian Tilley
Jun 7, 2002 Wide
Dec 17, 2002
Wellspring
All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (5) | DVD (1)
It understands, in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking.
Mama Africa pretty much delivers on that promise. It does give you a peek. The main problem being that it's only a peek.
A worthy idea, but the uninspired scripts, acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special.
The warnings to resist temptation in this film ... are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean.
Well-intentioned though it may be, its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic, preprogrammed feel of an after-school special.
Otto-Sallies has a real filmmaker's eye.
Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea, but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting, while the third feels limited by its short running time.
The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable, but the results are uneven.
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