We produced this 38 minute documentary film about a high-school girl's journey from the Bronx to her father's palace in Ghana. We shot months of intimate cinematography in the Bronx and Ghana. We combined that verite footage with stop-motion animation and original music composed by Blitz The Ambassador. The project aired on primetime PBS series POV.
Awards:
Best Documentary Short, Big Sky Film Festival
Best Documentary Short, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Best Documentary Short, Big Sky Film Festival
Best Documentary Short, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Festivals:
AFI/Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Film Festival,
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
True/False Film Festival
Rooftop Films Summer Series, New York, NY, 2009
New York African Film Festival at Lincoln Center
UrbanWorld Film Festival
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Real Life Documentary Festival, Accra, Ghana
Festival Dei Popoli, Florence, Italy
Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo
Encounters South African Documentary Festival, Capetown, South Africa
ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth, Nova Scotia, Canada
African Film Festival National Traveling Seriesa
AFI/Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Film Festival,
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
True/False Film Festival
Rooftop Films Summer Series, New York, NY, 2009
New York African Film Festival at Lincoln Center
UrbanWorld Film Festival
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Real Life Documentary Festival, Accra, Ghana
Festival Dei Popoli, Florence, Italy
Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo
Encounters South African Documentary Festival, Capetown, South Africa
ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth, Nova Scotia, Canada
African Film Festival National Traveling Seriesa
