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Mama Africa
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- Summary: Set in contemporary Africa, this film follows a trio of young women as they struggle to achieve their own personal goals.
- Director: Fanta Régina Nacro
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Positive: 2 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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70What links these three stories besides their African settings is the calm, majestic presence of Queen Latifah, who introduces each one. The rapper, singer, actress and television personality towers over the movie, a stern but benign fortress of maternal common sense and wisdom.
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50The impulses that produced this project, which brings together three short, English-language films by African female filmmakers into a feature-film package introduced by rap icon Queen Latifah, are commendable, but the results are uneven.
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50Perhaps less-sophisticated preteens won't notice the amateurish acting, clunky direction and heavy-handed tenor of the lessons.
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38It's a worthy idea, but the uninspired scripts, acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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