Sandra Krampelhuber, Austria/Senegal, 2020, 55m

In her 2006 film Queens of Sound, cultural anthropologist and NYAFF alum Sandra Krampelhuber documented the history of trailblazing women in Jamaica’s male-dominated Reggae and Dancehall music industry. In the Senegal-set Mane, Krampelhuber continues her commitment to intrepid women by observing the rebellious lives of Toussa, a visionary rapper and Emodj, a resilient wrestler. Their respective battles comment on the film’s title (the Wolof “Mane” translates to “Me”) and a shared truth in the face of a patriarchal society: one must look within herself to bring about change.

This screening is a part of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF)