A TASTE OF OUR LAND, 2020, 1H24MIN

March 9, 2021

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Synopsis:

While trying to provide for his pregnant wife, YOHANI an old African man retrieves a gold nugget in a brutal Chinese run mine built on his land and runs away to sell it for $100. When he learns its real value, he becomes as obsessed with it as CHENG, the Chinese mine owner who will stop at nothing to get it back.

Set in an unnamed African country, A TASTE OF OUR LAND is a film about greed told against the backdrop of the current Chinese influence in African countries.

Festivals:

The PanAfrican Film & Arts Festival, 2020 (USA)

African Diaspora Film Festival, 2020 (France)

Afrykamera Film Festival 2020 (Poland)

New African Film Festival 2021 | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center (USA)

The African Movie Festival in Manitoba 2021 (Canada)

Khouribga African film Festival 2022, (Morocco)

Durban Film Festival 2022 (South Africa)

Ecrans Noir film Festival 2022 (Cameroun)

Awards:

Best First Narrative feature film at The Pan African Film Festival 2020

Africa Movie Academy Award for Best first film by a director, 2021