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Event
"My Beloved Co-Wife," by Angèle Diabang / Senegal / 2018 / 15mins / Docufiction / Wolof and French
Details
This mixed genre shorts program features highlights from selections from the 26th New York African Film Festival. The program covers wide array of African cinema, from goofy Nollywood inspired Wrong Con and Afro-futuristic and supernatural Hello, Rain from Nigeria; heart-jerking Razana from Madagascar; documentary and mythical The Prophetess from the Democratic Republic of Congo; to Senegal’s essayic hybrid My Beloved Co-Wife.
About our National Traveling Series
In order to make African cinema available to wider audiences, AFF programs the annual National Traveling Series, which runs throughout the year in the US, including Puerto Rico. Learn More
Films
Hello, Rain
C.J. Obasi
/ Nigeria / 2018
/ 30mins
In this adaptation of an Afro-futuristic short story by Hugo Award–winning author, Nnedi Okorafor, three scientist witches create magical wigs that grant them untold supernatural powers.
My Beloved Co-Wife
Angèle Diabang
/ Senegal / 2018
/ 15mins
Two new co-wives are alone in a house. They don’t want to talk to each other; at the same time, the voices of two other women tell us about their own experiences of polygamy. This film is an essay that mixes visual elements of fiction and documentary sound excerpts.
The Prophetess
Sylvie Weber
/ Democratic Republic of the Congo and Germany / 2018
/ 22mins
The Prophetess is a story of overcoming struggle through gumption and sisterhood. Furaha and Venantie have survived physical and psychological traumas we could never imagine.
Razana
Haminiaina Ratovoarivony
/ Madagascar / 2018
/ 15mins
Solo is Malagasy, Parisian and homosexual. In order to fulfill the last wishes of his deceased partner, Solo returns to Madagascar to meet with his estranged “in-laws”.
Wrong Con
Charles Obi Emere
/ Nigeria / 2018
Two down-on-their-luck con men desperately need to make a few bucks. They decide to pose as pastors in order to waylay a desperate wealthy man with a sick daughter.
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