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AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

The Sound of Masks | Promo

Mapiko is a traditional masked dance performed by the Makonde men of Northern Mozambique. Filmmaker Sara de Gouveia’s film follows Atanásio Nyusi, a compelling storyteller and legendary Mapiko dancer, taking us on a visually dramatic journey through Mozambique's past (including Mapiko’s role as a tool to challenge colonization during the Mozambican War of Independence) and its vibrant present.

The Sound of Masks | Promo

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  • Neptune Frost and Tsutsue: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Neptune Frost and Tsutsue

    S17 E3 - 1h 55m

    In Neptune Frost, Neptune and Matalusa challenge the authoritarian regime in this Afrofuturist romantic musical. And Tsutsue follows two boys coping with the death of their brother in a Ghanaian town situated by an oceanside landfill.

  • Tongo Saa: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tongo Saa

    S17 E2 - 1h 25m

    Tongo Saa is set in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the government's plans to build a large hydroelectric power plant leaves many residents in darkness and insecurity. The uneven distribution of electricity causes many locals to navigate life after sunset using torches and other means to provide their own infrastructure and security amid constant violence.

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    Mother Suriname and The Changing Same

    S17 E1 - 1h 25m

    Mother Suriname is an evocative portrayal of Suriname's history woven through one woman’s reflections on her life. And in The Changing Same, poet L. Lamar Wilson runs a marathon to lift a town’s veil of racial terror in Marianna, Florida.

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