African Metropolis
Overview
The vitality of the African city has provided local filmmakers with a rich array of stories for their films. African Metropolis presents six short films that examine the complexity of urban life in Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi. They run the gamut of genres, but in all the central character is the city itself. A Jewish pensioner lives alone in a Johannesburg apartment, the last resident of an ever-changing city. In a Nairobi of the future, one man searches for the girl of his dreams. Dakar is the backdrop to an intimate conversation between two women. Abidjan once played host to the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. In Cairo a musician sees the gap between rich and poor expand. And a final film confronts the perils of the poverty trap.
Release date
03/06/2014
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Original Soundtrack
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Open Hearts
The Secret Life of Words
Desert Hearts
Bollywood/Hollywood
Boys Don't Cry
Whale Rider
The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Miracle Worker
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Take My Eyes
The Virgin Suicides
Nowhere in Africa
When Saturday Comes
The Holiday
Copying Beethoven
I Will Always Love You Conny
First Love
Frida
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Zero Motivation