While We Live.

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FilmPublisher number: 1589956 | KanopyPublisher: Flourishing Films, 2016Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

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Adam Kanyama, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Marika Lindström, Richard Sseruwagi, Sten LjunggrenSummary: Winner of the Critic's Award at **FESPACO** (Africa's largest film festival) and named Best Film by an African Living Abroad at the **African Movie Academy Awards**, WHILE WE LIVE is a powerful narrative film about Kandia, an African woman living in Sweden for 30 years who decides to move back to Gambia. Her adolescent son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make a breakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however, doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.

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Adam Kanyama, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Marika Lindström, Richard Sseruwagi, Sten Ljunggren

Originally produced by Flourishing Films in 2016.

Winner of the Critic's Award at **FESPACO** (Africa's largest film festival) and named Best Film by an African Living Abroad at the **African Movie Academy Awards**, WHILE WE LIVE is a powerful narrative film about Kandia, an African woman living in Sweden for 30 years who decides to move back to Gambia. Her adolescent son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make a breakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however, doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

In English,Swedish