An African and African American debate on the ongoing diaspora war within the black community. Set entirely across the centuries-old East African Mancala strategy game, Bao, the film fuses historical archive with lived experience to wage a fierce interrogation of Black identity and pride.
- Status
- Released
Keywords
- woman director
- diaspora
- short film
- black
- student film
- archive
Top Cast
Mpianga Job Jr. Oueno as Player One
Purple Nwo as Player Two
Top Crew
Sekera Mohamed Besta · Director, Writer
Jasper Fitzgerald · Cinematographer
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