Ekema, a “no good” fisherman, down on his luck, finds himself on the lowest rung on society’s ladder. Through a rather suspicious encounter, Ekema meets a friend who helps him win the annual fishing competition, becoming King Fisher for a year. Soon though, he discovers his new friend wants a lot more than he can offer. What ensues is a battle for his life as it turns out his friend is Kuva, a marine spirit looking for someone to lure into bringing her back to the land of the living.
A suspicious affair ruins an almost perfect marriage as husband and wife take a wild goose chase into the world of sex, lies and betrayal, risking everything in one of the craziest love triangles ever.
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
Thrust into Accra by circumstances, a 14-year-old girl from Northern Ghana must endure life in the slums of Accra, and find a way to get back home.
The story of Quincy Bosomfield who is the product of colonial education and has risen to become the district commissioner. In the process, he abandons his African heritage and all that has real meaning to him.
A local Ghanaian farmer fights corruption and the exploitation of his community by a Chinese multinational corporation.
On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.
Unbeknownst to him, a family man’s job is in danger due to his poor performance at work. Will the help of his best friend make the situation better?
Sara is aged 16 and likes to dance. One night, after Carnival dance practice, Sara is kidnapped. One year later, nobody knows where Sara is. All the while, Sara has been trying unsuccessfully to escape her kidnapper.
In the Bahamas, a closeted art student meets and develops a relationship with a man, while a wife deals with an anti-gay politician-husband who's given her a sexually transmitted disease and refuses to explain how he contracted it.
Xolani joins the other men of his community on a journey to the mountains to initiate a group of teenagers into manhood. His entire existence starts to unravel when a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best-kept secret, a forbidden love.
In 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world up-ended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
A young cart driver in Dakar is robbed by a succession of dishonest passengers. When his cart is confiscated by the police, he loses not only his means of livelihood but his sole claim to self-respect in an exploited and poverty-ridden community.
Senegalese villagers attempt a revolt against French incursions into tribal life.
Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetery forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor.
A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his exasperating landlady. The ticket wins, and our hero begins a harrowing odyssey throughout his shanty town, carrying the door on his shoulder all the time.
A college graduate returns to his Senegalese fishing village, enters politics, and takes two wives.
A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male-dominated field.
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the best day of his life.
Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.
Two fathers are at odds over their children's marriage, but what starts as a friendly family disagreement quickly devolves into the couple becoming pawns in a bitter dispute about tradition, progress and the nature of Islam.
Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Awa is happily living her teenage years alongside her twin brother Adama, who dreams of traveling Europe. When their grandmother dies, their Aunt Fatou and their Uncle Atoumane plan to marry to preserve the family unit, but Fatou doesn't love Atoumane. Tired of waiting to consummate his marriage, Atoumane commits an unspeakable act.
Two young women - two stories. A rapper in Dakar and a wrestler in southern Senegal: Toussa and Emodj. A battle with words and visionary lyrics for a better society, and a fight with hard physical training for victory in the arena.
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
Dramaan is the most popular man in Colobane, but when a woman from his past, now exorbitantly wealthy, returns to the town, things begin to change.
In protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage.
In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.
A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.
A domineering mother, a religious sect, a failed romance and a pregnancy lead to tragic events for a disturbed woman
In a high-stakes game of dominoes, the players confront their lust, desperation, rage, and remorse with deadly consequences. In this game, as in life, no opponent is more formidable than destiny.
During a protracted drought, Solem uses her magical powers to protect her village from evil spirits. She also provides food, searching the wilderness for edible plants. During one foraging mission, she encounters an evil spirit who impregnates her. Solem's fellow villagers believe her power to be derived from her virginity, and when she gives birth they ostracize her. She then embarks on a quest to purify herself and restore balance to the world.
It tells the story of a young woman, Glenda, who lives in a wooden house on the beach. She survives on fish, water and memories. Her search for herself is an intricate game of coping with the past and luring the infinite future.
In this beautifully observed film, we follow Mark, a lonely young man in search of happiness. Through his daily encounters, he struggles with his desires and his fears, until at last he is forced to come face to face with himself.
After an accident in the world of illegal street fighting and gambling, Sandro is sentenced to ten years in prison. He has to leave his only son Shendel behind. When Sandro is free again, all he wants is to recover the relationship with his now-teenaged son. In order to protect his son and win back his trust, Sandro will have to engage in his toughest fight yet.
With undealt with marital issues and painful underlying secrets, two families are forced to face the fact that there is nothing "real" in their reality.
Kiden is a girl in South Sudan going to school. Conflict arises when her mother wants her to get married instead of finishing school.
This film follows world-changing events in four continents culminating in the brutal sugar cane plantations of the Caribbean.
Alex Grant, nicknamed Aggro, obtains a job as a seizeman -- a repossession agent.
A young man is mourning the death of his grandmother, until he makes a “discovery,” in a book she left behind.
After receiving an initial cut on his upper torso, Geof manages to escape a savage group. He flees the angry, weapon-wielding group, but his quest for freedom is short-lived.
A visual reflection on exactly where your enemy really resides.
A young father struggles to find a way back home to his family amidst closed borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The story of Joel, a man who feels he is living on the edge of sanity. He feels he is about to fall into a pit of total and complete despair, from which he will never return. As miserable as his life generally is, on this particular day, it is about to take a turn for the “worst.” Today, Joel receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, who offers him a chance to make it all better … at a cost.
With a vigilante crowd and the police on his tail a gunman seeks refuge in the neighborhood church. Will Randy find redemption or is it too late? Sunday is a look at salvation among imperfect circumstances.
When Patasha is called upon to make a routine delivery to a young tourist couple, she encounters a situation that will test her morality. The young spear-fisherman Samson also wants to make a transaction, but this one is of a more sinister nature. Coast is an examination of choices, and how ugly or stunningly beautiful this island can truly be.
At a glance, Susan is a quiet, pensive housecleaner who takes her job seriously. A single phone call is all she needs to clean up the mess and leave things pristine. But, initial impressions rarely, if ever, give the full scope of a person—especially in the case of Susan.
7 Films, 6 Directors, 1 Island.... Jamaica. Moving from the majestic Blue Mountains, to the gritty ghetto, to the stunning north coast, and spinning stories funny, suspenseful, thrilling and poignant, this is a cinematic mosaic as diverse and complex as the island that inspired it.
Enry is a scrap metal collector, leading a solitary existence on the edge of the sprawling Riverton City landfill. As he prepares to take advantage of a rare and promising opportunity, disaster strikes, forcing him to vacate his home. On the advice of a sinister friend, Enry travels out of town for a job which promises to provide a spark of hope. On this journey he finds something greater than he could ever imagine.
The rags to riches story of a young country girl, Gloria Minto who was determined to make the most of life. She came from humble beginnings and with the help of those around her and the will of only a Jamaican woman, she fought her way to success and prosperity.
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
A single street vendor disguises herself for a dance contest, and pits her enemies against each other.
Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
A young girl from the underclass and on the brink of womanhood, works at a resort where she witnesses tourists’ affluence on a daily basis. As the de facto breadwinner for her very large family, she faces a crisis of conscience, when a tourist couple seems to be the answer to her financial predicament.
The story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
A West Indian cricket player, once accused of match-fixing, fights to play in an international tournament and earn the respect of his estranged father, a former player.
Twelve-year-old Kera is Auntie’s latest ward and a special child to whom she has grown uncharacteristically close. Seven years after her mother emigrates to England in search of a better life, Auntie is confronted with the day she has long dreaded. Unable to accept the inevitable, Auntie makes a hasty decision, which goes against everything she claims to stand for. She risks damaging the special bond between them on the eve of the child’s departure.
Archie Redman, is a middle-aged man burdened by the weight of an unfulfilled life. Thousands of miles away, Archie’s son, Jay, faces worries of his own. As the year ends and the holiday season arrives, Archie and Jay will find the walls closing in on them.
A story of a man forced to evolve from his past to transcend the painful sacrifice of the present so he can bravely grasp the opportunity to create his future.
Mikisha is a 15 year old Christian girl who is a youth leader in her church & very involved in church ministry. However, Troy, her boyfriend is not. When Mikisha discovers she's pregnant and starts to think about the ridicule and shame she'll face if she decides to keep her baby, she then considers abortion - her only viable option.
Follow the thrilling eventful story of Mikisha, her mother Darlene and her supposed friend Angie. Can Troy ever amount to anything or can Tanya change her colours....and to crown it off, meet a man you will never wish to meet in real life...Morris.
A very poor 10-year-old girl, Chrissy Wright lives on the rough side of town in deplorable conditions with her two siblings and their sick, bedridden mother. Living without running water, electricity and very little to eat, Chrissy becomes a target for teasing and discrimination from her fellow students at Redemption Primary, and almost all the teachers except for her beloved science teacher, Mr. Fenton.
Set on the beautiful paradise island of Barbados, two innocent young girls, Mishka and Claire, have experienced everything in life but paradise.
Jamal loves flying kites but his stepfather’s physical abuse drives him into the fold of a sadistic gang leader. When Jamal's girlfriend is kidnapped, matters reach crisis point.
Love collides with social class and colonialism when Aba Appiah, born to privilege, falls in love with Joe Quansah, son of a fisherman. Her father, retired civil servant Kofi Appiah, has other plans for her and seeks to block their marriage.
Kojo meets a holidaymaker named Cynthia who, after a sexual encounter, reluctantly promises to invite him to England, but while there, he learns people are not what they seem.
Kay falls in love with a maid Maafia from his wife-to-be, Princess Tyra’s Ilugbo kingdom. Problems arise when Kay impregnates Maafia.
A twisted tale of two unemployed graduates who embark on a journey to make it in a world where you need more than what you have to get what you want.
On a normal morning in Accra, the FOKN BOIS (rapping duo M3NSA and Wanlov the Kubolor) wake up and plan to go clubbing with some lady friends after chasing an evasive debtor for their money. After getting the money, they set off to blow it off on food, partying and women with hilarious and dramatic consequences.
Pabi and Jimah's happy and peaceful marriage shatters after he is scarred and turns into a violent monster.
Three women, who each have lost a child, journey toward redemption as they renovate a dilapidated clinic in an African village.
In a Cameroon village, the rigid customs governing courtship and marriage mean that a betrothed couple, though deeply in love, can be torn apart by the lack of a dowry and another man’s claiming the young woman—a rupture that sets the stage for a clash between a patriarchal society and a modern generation.
In a West African plantation in the 60s, a young determined girl must battle family and society to preserve her late father's legacy; a colonial plantation, amid disagreements, betrayal, and secrets.
When they meet a talented girl with no schooling, a teacher and young scout challenge tradition in a primal village, when the girl is chosen as the new wife of the village.
After running away from her marriage, a woman enters a dangerous agreement with an unfamiliar man to save her father's company and her reputation. The tables soon turn when she kidnaps the man, she regarded as a 'bushman'. She asks him for help and they take a chance as they progress with their mission.
A native of Cameroon finds a thriving African community when he enters Germany as an undocumented immigrant.
12-year-old Ekah is inspired by the story of the youngest Noble Peace Prize Winner - Malala Yousafzai. She is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where the education of a girl child is considered to be taboo. Her burning drive and determination to break this old adage get her embroiled with her father Solomon‘s past experience with girl child education.
Inspired as much by Romeo and Juliet as by African legends, this film is a love story going on in ancestral times.
A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.
A revelatory encounter between an Evangelist sent on a mission and a prostitute.
Redemption of Paradise tells the story of Millicent Reid, a retired US army sniper who returned home to find her beautiful Paradise Island in shambles. Finding her community overrun by the notorious drug lord Roger and his band of cronies, Millie is bent on restoring her community back to its peaceful and dignified state.
A man who is going through a difficult life situation tries to connect with his past.
Tatiana is a smart and demure young woman who moves with her mother and brother to their aunt's house. In her new neighborhood, Tatiana meets Santiago, a quirky young man of Latin origin who can't take her diva attitude. When they discover secrets about each other, a beautiful love grows. This love, however, brings new challenges.
Souls trapped in a moment, searching for love, satisfaction and forgiveness. Alto Vista is a place that not only unites a family, but also divides them, repeating their past and reflecting their future.
For years, Xiomara and Julie have celebrated Aruban carnaval together, but this year, Xiomara's imminent move to the Netherlands puts a strain on this day-and their friendship.
Freda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation.
Built on fragments of memory, the story of a young girl's intuitive struggle for survival in the malevolent political and social environment of Haiti under Papa Doc Duvalier in the 1960s.
A man who spent seven years in a Haitian jail sacrifices all for revenge upon his torturer.
A couple, two sisters, and a father and son are driven to New York from Haiti to confront the truths of their interlocked pasts.
Luke Singh, a young fisherman, struggles to make ends meet. Unable to provide for his sick grandmother, Luke is presented with an opportunity to make a lot of money, but the decision would come at a great cost.
A troubled night security guard working at a container compound is caught between drug addiction and debt. He finds himself stealing from the storage containers he should be guarding.
Shan is a portrait of a young Trinidadian dancer at the Universoul Circus, which tours the USA. This experimental work follows Shan backstage and on stage, moving between darkness and light, as she prepares to pass under the limbo stick, reflecting on her past, present and future.
In a dystopian future a woman risks death to grow a flower.
The neighbourhood troublemaker and a police officer on his first day on duty, reluctantly team up in order to escape Port-of-Spain during the first day of the 1990 attempted coup. They trip over each other’s personalities as they stumble to escape the chaos filled streets of the capital.
Trapped in a life that has been decided for him by his father, Jeffrey, an accountant at a large oil company, hides his passion for calypso music. His dead grandfather, a calypso icon of the 1950’s, transforms him through a box of old clothes and records. With new-found charisma, Jeffrey breaks free, defying race and class boundaries and winning the heart of an edgy, carefree girl named Kala.
Bartholomew, a retired civil servant, takes a leisurely drive downtown, where Shanice, mistakes his car for a taxi. After much resistance, he agrees to take her to her destination. Along the way, they encounter a wide diversity of Trinidadian characters.
An "anti-colonial" movie about how people of color revolt against a cruel, white owner of a Caribbean island plantation.
Rattie plots his revenge on Machine after losing $3000 in a gamble. Focusing on gang violence, Welcome to Warlock is an alternative look at Trinidadian society.
A vengeful housewife’s world is turned upside down when her once-abusive step sister pays her an unexpected visit.
Tensions rise in Harare as the Chikwiro family await the arrival of their dead son Peter from London.
The film revolves around the story of Thandie who died accidentally and reveals her real life through a diary.
A man overcomes rivals in the criminal and spiritual world in order to raise the price for his bride.
Harare, 1990. Neria and Patrick, a married couple, both work and earn money in the city and live a modern egalitarian lifestyle. But when Patrick is killed in an accident, his family uses traditional Shona custom to deprive Neria of her property and children.
Yearning for a better life, a single mother with a passion for cooking gets a shot at greatness when her son enters her into a top reality cooking show.
Two Zimbabwean women meet unexpectedly and recall their roles 20 years earlier as freedom fighters.
James is new in the hood, he can't help but follow his heart. He thinks of himself as tough, but there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. The line that the ghetto champion Tat-Molongo and his goons drew.
Based on true events, a Zimbabwean war story of the battle of Zimbabwe which signified the beginning of the second Chimurenga in fulfillment of Mbuya Nehanda’s last prophetic words.
Zola, a poor boy in a remote village in Africa, is devastated when his father leaves to work in South African mines and his mother dies of AIDS. Zola is forced to live with his uncle, a mean, poor subsistence farmer, who lives alone and drinks too much. Zola's life takes a dramatic turn, one full of obstacles when he auditions for the dance competition. All he needs to change his life is a miracle.
A brief and dramatic tale about a Reverend, who is kind-hearted and pities foreigners who are being mutilated and murdered in the once-welcoming South Africa. The man behind the catastrophes and brutality is a man named Johnny Khumalo an uptown thug whose motives have sparked nationwide xenophobia.
Chipo discovers an affair her husband is having with a young mistress and meets her behind his back. They develop a friendship and embark on a plan to punish him.
A disturbing story of a young Albino schoolgirl sexually abused by her headmaster.
Mona sits between stuffed dead animals, faded paintings, and cloying antiques in her prop shop…she raises a gun to her head. Mona has suffered depression for years and feels she is neither alive nor dead. She is about to squeeze the trigger when her two closest friends interrupt her with a surprise girls’ night. As the night unravels, so do their secrets. Is the sisterhood enough to prevent her from pulling the trigger?
In Miraflores, Cuba, the growing romance between Mario, a factory worker, and Yolanda, a schoolteacher, throws into relief the differences in their perspectives and values in Revolutionary Cuba.
Three friends sit in a bar to cool off as they discuss their various experiences living abroad as opposed to what they thought life would be before leaving their home country.
Follows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event he encounters Preston, one of his attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge.
An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.
At Los Angeles airport, magazine photographer Friday Foster witnesses an assassination attempt against billionaire Blake Tarr and is drawn into a murky political conspiracy.
Set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island, this drama deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Uganda's president gives Captain Alex the mission to defeat the Tiger Maffia, but Alex gets killed in the process. Upon hearing the tragic news, his brother investigates to avenge Alex.
A family tries to flee the troubled country and they are intercepted along the way...they are to meet face-to-face with the notorious Captain Yusuf who runs a so-called safe house.
Michael and Veronica are living their soulmate life and engaged to marry, but their journey takes a drastic turn when Veronica gets hit by mysterious illness days away from her wedding. Veronica must choose between love and saving lives.
Otti is abducted by LRA, and raised with no room for escape. Despite this, his love for Aguti remains. In an effort to keep in touch, he writes and delivers letters through the village reverend-only to be discovered by the rebels who raid and abduct the village, including a school where Aguti studied. Upon arrival at the LRA camp, the abductees are paraded before Joseph Kony whose interest falls upon Aguti. The two lovers struggle to keep their love a secret and also plot their escape.
On the outskirts of Sese Island, John is madly in love with Maggie and both are willing to take their love forward. Facing abuse and harassment by Maggie’s father Kasirivu, John, helped by his younger brother Alex, is determined to take in all to retain the love of his life especially when he finds out that he has a contender, a village tycoon, who is also lining up for Maggie.
Considered one of the first Peruvian social films, the short film Cimarrones narrates the episode in which a group of rebellious slaves who led a life of freedom far from the cities, assault a caravan and free two slaves that the Spanish settlers took to be executed.
After studying medicine in France, David comes back to his native Gabon to treat his compatriots. The young physician is sent to the bush where he is to vaccinate the somewhat reluctant population.
The workers busy digging the mountain for the crossing of the Transgabonais Railway refuse the increase in the price of the buses which take them to the site and decide to go on strike, stirring up the tension between Albert Swami, the President's Chief of Staff, and Vice-President Ikapi, who is acting as the President.
Mougler and his friends slip into a life of petty crime in Libreville, Gabon. When they take their chances in robbing a lottery kiosk, things turn from lighthearted to tragic.
A fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. This film begins to rewrite the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized.
This film evokes the custom O Bali which requires that when a man’s wife dies, she is replaced by a woman from her family.
Abraham is a young sculptor who does not quite understand the changing world in which he lives. During a visit to the village, he falls for the youngest wife of his uncle. They form a relationship but are discovered and Abraham flees to the city.
A TV drama on the attitude of employees in the workplace.
For Natalia’s grandmother finding a black doll in the Caribbean island was an adventure. In Kingstown, only one retailer sells black dolls, and not even the kind with kinky hair.
Finding Hubby follows the adventures of 35-year-old Oyin Clegg and her friends Toke and Gloria as they kiss the many frogs in the quest to find their prince. In the process, they are forced to ask important questions about their friendship, love and life ultimately asking - Finding Hubby or Finding Happy?
An investment banker returns to Nigeria and falls in love with a friend's sister, despite his family's plan for him to marry a politician's daughter.
Ramon lost his family in a tragic accident. The pain was so hard, he was incapable of returning to a normal life, becoming homeless. One day walking the surroundings of Oranjestad, Ramon sees the opportunity to steal a briefcase in a cafeteria. Julito realizes he has been robbed and begins a chase where he corners Ramon. To Ramon’s surprise, Julito doesn’t want his briefcase back, but rather to share a fascinating story that will change Ramon’s life forever.
The story of young Jonas mostly living on his own. When Jonas loses a package that may cost him dearly, it is up to his quick-witted friend Paz to help him come up with a solution to his problems.
A single mother struggles to raise her children in the poverty stricken outskirts of Santo Domingo. She soon decides to risk it all and illegally immigrate in the search of a better life.
An Evangelical Christian man attends the funeral services of his father in his hometown, where he has to participate in religious rites that clash with his beliefs and finds himself pressured to take revenge on the murderer.
A Latin-American insurgent and a Black leader join forces to free an African nation. But they'll have to face a German mercenary aided by an American agent and a Portuguese advisor, all working for a mysterious woman.
A Congolese man runs from a terrible accident and finds himself at a revolutionary camp, where he is told that he has a great destiny. Now, he must face his fears and his shame, but also his magnificent possibilities.
Angelica, after a long absence from Puerto Rico, returns home when her father, Wilfredo, suffers a stroke. This unexpected return and her father's illness force Angelica to re-evaluate her relationship with her mother and family members who don't accept her because of her skin color.
End of the 19th century in Martinique, Hermansia and Tiquitaque formed a united couple passionate about music. One day, they decide to leave the countryside with difficult living conditions and to go and try their luck in Saint-Pierre.
Evocation of the ruthless war from 1890 to 1894 which opposed the French colonial army of the young Ahydjere Behanzin, king and living god of Dahomey, ending in his surrender and his exile.
Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
A beautiful woman in her 50s meets a daring young man and accompanies him to a dive.
The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
In Ethiopia; there is a slow boiling of a feud between a wealthy Lord and a protester who feels he is mistreating his laborers. While the viewer gets to closely examine the culture, conversations, and lives of the locals who surround them.
A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance.
Roy is a handsome Surinam man, who studies in Amsterdam. He hurriedly left his Dutch girlfriend Karina to visit his dying mom in Paramaribo. Back in his homeland, Roy soon becomes obsessed with his own country and it's culture. When he falls for the Hindu nurse Rubia, the conservative Hindu and Black communities are in revolt. One day Karina arrives in Surinam too.
On behalf of the Dutch government, a secret agent is looking for a journalist who suddenly disappeared in Suriname. He must make his way in a country paralyzed by demonstrations and protests against the military government.
A Venezuelan boy's desire to straighten his curly hair leads to friction between himself and his desperate single mother.
Kit, a British man of Vietnamese heritage, returns to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years after leaving the country with his parents, when he was six years old, at the end of the Vietnam War.
It's July 16, 1969: America is preparing to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of miles away, the Zambia Space Academy hopes to beat America to the moon. Inspired by true events.
A film about HIV/AIDS awareness, stigma, and discrimination. It is a follow-up film to "Choices", a peer-education project also about HIV/AIDS awareness among teens.
Determined to reconcile with the mother who abandoned her when she was just a toddler, a Bahamian adolescent boards a local mail boat and sets sail for Nassau in director Maria Govan's intimate family drama.
Clara meets John at a particularly vulnerable time in her life. She is "blinded" by love and he becomes her world. The intense relationship then becomes violent and Clara is forced to take drastic action to protect herself and their son Chris.
A lower middle-class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way.
Dire circumstances drive a brilliant school girl into the seedy world of prostitution, threatening to derail the ambitious plans of her mother to keep her on the path to a more respectable life.
A young man’s world is plunged into turmoil when the girl he loves suddenly decides to dump him and make up with her ex-boyfriend who has just been released from jail.
It tells the story of conservation and development in the Caribbean, unmasking the various players and how their self-interest leads to disaster.
A young couple encounter strange occurrences after they find and sell an ancient artifact.
Grace Valentine is a woman struggling to keep her personal and professional life from crumbling while her colleagues conspire against her.
The Hero tells the story of Angola, a nation attempting to reconstruct itself after 40 continual years of anti-colonial and civil warfare, through the story of a veteran who has lost his leg, a prostitute who has lost a child and an orphaned boy.
A man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
