Obibini Pictures Movies

  • 2019
    Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us

    Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us

    Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us

    52019HD

    The starting point for this colourful film is a letter from human rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois to the American embassy in Brazil. The fact that in...

    Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us
  • 2020
    King of Sanwi

    King of Sanwi

    King of Sanwi

    82020HD

    A companion piece to Pelourinho: They Don’t Really Care About Us (NYFF57), King of Sanwi continues Akosua Adoma Owusu’s exploration of...

    King of Sanwi
  • 2009
    My White Baby

    My White Baby

    My White Baby

    92009HD

    Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of...

    My White Baby
  • 2014
    Bus Nut

    Bus Nut

    Bus Nut

    72014HD

    Bus Nut rearticulates the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, a political and social protest against U.S. racial segregation on the public transit system of...

    Bus Nut
  • 2013
    Kwaku Ananse

    Kwaku Ananse

    Kwaku Ananse

    62013HD

    This short by Akosua Adoma Owusu offers a spellbinding, semi-autobiographical interpretation of a traditional Ghanaian folktale in which the...

    Kwaku Ananse
  • 2010
    Drexciya

    Drexciya

    Drexciya

    3.32010HD

    A portrait of a dilapidated Olympic-sized pool in Accra, Ghana.

    Drexciya
  • 2016
    Reluctantly Queer

    Reluctantly Queer

    Reluctantly Queer

    5.82016HD

    This epistolary short film invites us into the unsettling life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his love...

    Reluctantly Queer
  • 2018
    On Monday of Last Week

    On Monday of Last Week

    On Monday of Last Week

    02018HD

    This film follows Kamara, a Nigerian woman, on her journey to self-realization. When Tracy, an artist, finally emerges from her studio one afternoon,...

    On Monday of Last Week
  • 2006
    Tea 4 Two

    Tea 4 Two

    Tea 4 Two

    6.52006HD

    Beautiful Chrissy plays with Miss Mary Mack.

    Tea 4 Two
  • 2019
    White Afro

    White Afro

    White Afro

    5.92019HD

    White Afro employs an archival instructional video on how to offer curly perms or body waving services to their white clientele, ostensibly for...

    White Afro
  • 2007
    Intermittent Delight

    Intermittent Delight

    Intermittent Delight

    72007HD

    Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in...

    Intermittent Delight
  • 2018
    Mahogany Too

    Mahogany Too

    Mahogany Too

    02018HD

    Mahogany Too takes the 1975 cult classic Mahogany – a fashion-infused romantic drama – as its base. The film examines and revives Diana...

    Mahogany Too
  • 2012
    Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful

    Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful

    Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful

    62012HD

    A unique exploration of fashion and hairstyles in the 1970s using found footage as the subject matter.

    Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful