3 Short Documentary Films From STEPS
Generation Africa is a documentary series about a new narrative on migration – from the perspective of young Africans.
Here you find links to 3 selected documentary films.
GENERATION AFRICA - WATCH
There are 25 documentary films in thee serie Generation Africa on migration.
Here STEPS presents them in a PDF:
Here you can find then to watch: https://www.afridocs.net/generation-africa/
Be aware that som of the documentary films are geoblocked - of different reasons due to private or commercial matters.
NJEL - THE SEPERATION
22 min | Félix Mbog Len Mapout, Cameroon, 2022
Manuela, intelligent and enthusiastic at school, yet sad at home, is eleven years old and preparing for her first certificate. She lives in Edéa, Cameroon, with her grandparents who do not understand why their granddaughter is dissatisfied as she does not want for anything. Manuela’s parents abandoned her to work abroad for their daughter’s better future, but Manuela could not understand or accept this situation when she was four years old. Today, she shows us how to live with the absence, to question her parents, and maintain remote contact.
Boubé of the Fulani
27 min | Félicien Assogba, Benin, 2022
Boubé and his Fulani tribe prepare for the seasonal migration, an adventure that has sparked conflict over the recent years as water and grazing shrinks due to climate change. He has a plan to approach the tensions differently this time, in the hopes of finding a new way to co-exist.
Lend me your voice
20 min | Claudine Shenge Ndimbira, Rwanda 2022
Akili, a Congolese woman, lived as a refugee in Burundi before coming to Rwanda. Her journey has seen her family displaced and separated and she herself has been held and tortured in prison at risk of death. Through her resilience and the fighting spirit she found herself a place in the world through boxing until misogyny took that away from her also. By telling her story, she tries to deal with all the loss she’s experienced.
