In 2004 SankofaSpirit created its film series, Movies with a Mission to counter the myths and negative images of people of African descent so often promoted by Hollywood. Movies with a Mission are free monthly films from and about Africa and the African Diaspora that seek to inform and inspire dialogue.
Movies with a Mission Atlanta
Atlanta-Fulton Central Library Auditorium
One Margaret Mitchell Square
Atlanta 30303
Screening follow by Dialogue
Schedule Subject to Change
Free and Open to the Public
"Bronx Princess”
Sunday, February 26, 2012
3:00-5:00pm
BRONX PRINCESS follows headstrong 17-year-old teenager Rocky's journey as she leaves behind her mother in New York City to reunite with her father, a chief in Ghana, West Africa. Filmed over the tumultuous summer between high-school and college, BRONX PRINCESS tells Rocky's coming-of-age story. By confronting her immigrant parents' ideas of adulthood, Rocky reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence.
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