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Films · Dec 2021
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Lingui, les liens sacrésMahamat-Saleh HarounWhen her fifteen-year-old daughter seeks an abortion in N’Djamena, Amina discovers that survival depends on a clandestine network of women whose solidarity exceeds law, stigma, and kinship.
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Films · Oct 2019
Papicha
Mounia MeddourDuring Algeria’s Black Decade, a student turns fashion into collective defiance as armed fundamentalism closes public space around women’s bodies, education, and friendship.
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Films · Sep 2018
Rafiki
Wanuri KahiuA tender romance between two young women in Nairobi uses color, music, and everyday joy to resist a public culture in which queer love is treated as political betrayal.
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Films · May 2004
Moolaadé
Ousmane SembèneFour girls threatened with cutting seek sanctuary from Collé, turning one courtyard into a conflict over women’s authority, collective resistance, and the power to redefine tradition.