This year’s festival is filled with gems from Black African filmmakers, painting a hopeful picture of the future of African cinema, says Chrystel Oloukoï.
If you’re looking for something a little more experimental, you might want to catch
Air Conditioner, a magical realist feature set in Angolan capital city Luanda. In a strange reality where air conditioners keep falling out of windows and killing people, apartment building security guard Montacedo is tasked with the fruitless task of getting his boss’ AC unit repaired. The film follows Montacedo for a day while he runs this errand, with diversions into a mad scientist repair man’s workshop, rousing checkers matches with friends on the sidewalk, conversations conducted via telepathy, and a mourning ceremony for an inanimate object. This is the kind of film that pairs great with a joint so pick one up from a local Black-owned dispensary like Green Muse and stream