Screened as part of TOAFF15
A new generation of Morocco studying to be Muslim leaders–the Morchidat, or spiritual leaders–campaign against early marriage and encourage women’s education.
Through archival film footage, animation and spoken word poetry, an experience of structural violence against women is exposed.
Screened as part of TOAFF16
Algerian documentarian Malek Bensmaïl offers an inspiring portrait of the country’s most vocal anti-establishment newspapers during a crackdown on investigative journalism.
A vibrant look at a Togolese community that took action for positive change, exploring new methods of sustainable agriculture to diversify and increase their harvest.
Libya’s political chaos makes its territory a land of opportunity for human smugglers. Thousands of illegal migrants end up forgotten, in one of the 19 detention centres.
As Robert Mugabe puts together a new Zimbabwean constitution, two opposing politicians are tasked with drafting the document.
The elder women of Nairobi’s most dangerous slum decide it’s time to fight back.
Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams.
Screened as part of TOAFF20
Passionate and hopeful account of the fight for local solutions to malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
