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About the Film

In her 2006 film Queens of Sound, cultural anthropologist and NYAFF alum Sandra Krampelhuber documented the history of trailblazing women in Jamaica’s male-dominated Reggae and Dancehall music industry. In the Senegal-set Mane, Krampelhuber continues her commitment to intrepid women by observing the rebellious lives of Toussa, a visionary rapper and Emodj, a resilient wrestler. Their respective battles comment on the film’s title (the Wolof “Mane” translates to “Me”) and a shared truth in the face of a patriarchal society: one must look within herself to bring about change.
About Sandra Krampelhuber

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