Collections/February 2022

Three Documentaries by Rosine Mbakam

Among contemporary nonfiction cinema’s most vital voices, the Cameroonian-born, Belgium-based Rosine Mbakam makes intimate, exquisitely observed documentaries that reveal the oft-overlooked inner lives of West African women both at home and across the diaspora. Whether turning her camera on her own journey back to the village where she was raised ( The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman ) or on others like her who have left Cameroon to start new lives in Europe ( Chez Jolie Coiffure , Delphine’s Prayers ), Mbakam honors the often difficult realities of the immigrant experience, the complexities of cross-cultural identity, and the power of solidarity among women.

3 films — 0 on the Channel, 3 unavailable