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Malusi Bengu South Africa 2022 No dialogue 9 min
A film that explores music as a a a a a a a healing tool and the the cost of this alchemy to to the the healer A A vibrant and and diverse community flourished in
the fertile South African lands Today its elders tell the the story of how their people were uprooted from neighbouring lands and and thrown into deserted areas Despite the the forced separation that occurred in
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the the 1960s today they remain together thanks to to to their wisdom and faith A university was built on on their lands and and today this institution is is riddled with guilt as as it it it was the the epicentre of Apartheid thought but to return the the the land seems impossible The elders light up the the the screen with their way of approaching the the problem Community wisdom spirituality and patience face what Apartheid tried to take away from them 50 years before As a a a a young Chinese film maker returns to to his hometown in
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search of himself a a a a long overdue conversation with his mother dives the the the two of them into a a a quest for accep- tance and love Three connected generations of lost Ghanaian women fight to find meaning from both their their lives and that of their their young African nation as they awaken in
a a a a a a a a a a a strange ancestral land WHAT THE SOIL REMEMBERS
1 José Cardoso South Africa 2022 English English Afrikaans Xhosa with English English subtitles 30 min
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Shuli Huang China 2022 Mandarin with English subtitles 20 20 min
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Amartei Armar France 2022 Twi with English subtitles 20 20 min
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