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AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

Short Films | Promo

An eclectic selection of three short programs: black enuf*, an animated story about belonging and self-love while exploring expanding ideas of black identity; SWIMMIN' LESSON, a poetic and moving tale of one young father's recollection of his son's fate during Hurricane Katrina; and DRESSED LIKE KINGS, a look at the South African pageant where men compete in formal wear for "Best and Freshest."

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Neptune Frost and Tsutsue
1:55:34
A double presentation of Neptune Frost and Tsutsue.
Tongo Saa
1:25:52
Residents of Kinshasa navigate life after dark, challenged by uneven electricity and violence.
Mother Suriname and The Changing Same
1:25:32
A double presentation of Mother Suriname and The Changing Same.
Freedom Hill
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47:23
Princeville, NC, once the all Black town of ‘Freedom Hill,’ faces flooding and erosion.
Sound of Torture
57:20
In the Sinai desert refugees are being kidnapped and held for huge ransoms daily.
Vivre
13:43
A teacher asks her class “What do you want to be when you grow up?
Auntie
15:38
When a barrel arrives from London, a caregiver in Barbados makes a hasty decision.
Passage
16:35
Passage is the story of a twenty-year-old woman and her sick brother being smuggled.
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