Seeds: Black Women in Power

Éthel Oliveira & Júlia Mariano / Brazil / 2020 / 105mins

In response to the execution of activist Marielle Franco, the 2018 elections in Brazil became one of the biggest political upheavals led by Black women the country has ever seen, with candidacies in all states.

Mrs. F.

Chris van der Vorm / Nigeria / 2019 / 77mins

In Makoko, the largest slum on water in Nigeria, Mrs. F. sets out to unite women by staging a play called Hear Word, an empowerment project based on true stories.

Toussaint Louverture

Philippe Niang / France and Haiti / 2012 / (90min x 2 episodes) 180mins

As a child, Toussaint Louverture is marked forever when he sees his father, an old slave, judged unproductive and thrown into the harbor. As an adult and a free man, Louverture leads the slave revolt that results in the independence of Haiti.

Ayiti Mon Amour

Guetty Felin / Haiti / 2016 / 88mins

Set in Haiti five years after the devastating 2010 earthquake, Guetty Felin's magical realist tale avoids the kinds of images of the disaster that saturated screens around the world.

In the Eye of the Spiral / Dans L'oeil de la Spirale

Eve Blouin & Raynald Leconte / Haiti, UK and USA / 2014 / 111mins

In the Eye of the Spiral details an artistic and philosophical movement born in Haiti called Spiralism, which has spread across the arts, touching upon spirituality and even politics.

Real Maravilloso

Raynald Leconte / Cuba / 2019 / 60mins

Real Maravilloso (RM) is Marvelous Realism: it is a way of life in Cuba, when the possibilities of being are open to the unexpected and magical existence.

Meurtre à Pacot / Murder in Pacot

Raoul Peck / Haiti / 2014 / 130mins

When their Port-au-Prince villa is severely damaged in the devastating 2010 earthquake, a wealthy couple must renovate the house immediately or have it demolished.

Matwetwe / Wizard

Kagiso Lediga / South Africa / 2018 / 84mins

On New Year's Eve, two best friends try to score a huge deal, dodge a gangster and his violent minions, get the girl, and ultimately save their lives.

The Mercy of the Jungle

Joël Karekezi / Belgium and France / 2018 / 91mins

At the outbreak of the Second Congo War, with only each other to rely on, two Rwandan soldiers embark on an odyssey through one of the most beautiful, yet treacherous forests on earth, faced with the depths of their own war-torn souls.

Jojolo

Lebert Bethune / Jamaica, France and USA / 1966 / 12mins

A subtle study of cultural identity following a graceful young woman of Haitian descent who works as a fashion model and actress in cosmopolitan Paris.

Tezen

Shirley Bruno / Haiti and France / 2016 / 26mins

A restless girl meets a spirit who gives her pure water. Her family devours the delicious water until they begin to suspect more than the origin of its taste.

In the Heart of Vivianne Gauthier

Marie-Claude Fournier / Haiti / 2017 / 12mins

A unique, strong, disciplined and energetic woman, Vivianne Gauthier, choreographer and dance teacher led her life as she pleased, marking the cultural history of her country, Haiti.

Al-Sit

Suzannah Mirghani / Sudan and Qatar / 2020 / 20mins

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad.

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”.