A vivid portrait of Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, affectionately known as Mama Nike, a legendary Nigerian textile artist and cultural icon. The film explores her journey from humble beginnings to becoming an internationally celebrated ambassador of Adire (indigo-dyed cloth), and her tireless work in preserving traditional techniques while empowering women through art.
A vivid portrait of Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, affectionately known as Mama Nike, a legendary Nigerian textile artist and cultural icon. The film explores her journey from humble beginnings to becoming an internationally celebrated ambassador of Adire (indigo-dyed cloth), and her tireless work in preserving traditional techniques while empowering women through art.
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story.
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.