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OWM Presents: Stories From Across Africa

Directed by: Various
Runtime: 1hr 10min Year: 2023

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Directed by: Various
Runtime: 1hr 10min Year: 2023

We've teamed up with One World Media for this fellowship showcase of documentary shorts that tell untold stories from across Africa.

In partnership with One World Media, we are hosting an online screening of select documentary shorts directed by talented emerging filmmakers.

From a group of women in North-Eastern Senegal using renewable energy to fight desertification, to a female shepherd in Morocco connecting with her land, these shorts explore a fascinating range of experiences of women across Africa – reversing traditional roles, fighting stigma, reflecting on agency, and the complexities of migration.

The Energy to Stay | Dir. Carlotta Dotto | UK | 2020 | 10 mins
A group of women in North-Eastern Senegal is using new technologies and renewable energy to fight desertification and food poverty – at the same time reversing the traditional female roles in the area.

Utapata Mwingine (You Will Get Another One) | Dir. Lydia Matata | Kenya | 2020 | 18 mins
A Kenyan woman is determined to help other parents struggling with pregnancy and infant child loss, while fighting the stigma that parents who’ve lost a child should simply move on and get another one.

Radia | Dir. Erica Beebe | UK | 2019 | 14 mins
A Moroccan shepherd named Radia reflects on her destiny, and connects with the land that both gives and takes from her.

Wax + Gold | Dir. Hazel Falck | UK | 2020 | 15 mins
Six women share their expectations and reflections on the decision to migrate from Ethiopia to work in the Middle East.