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A tumultuous coming-of-age story about Bronx-bred teenager who rebels against her mother and flees to her father in Ghana.
Rocky Otoo, the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, is
no pushover. She's a sassy high-achiever bound for college. With
freedom in sight, Rocky rebels against her mother's rules. When
their relationship reaches a breaking point, Rocky flees to her
father, a chief in Ghana. What follows is captured in "Bronx
Princess," a tumultuous coming-of-age story set in a homeland both
familiar and strange. Her precocious - and very American - ideas of
a successful, independent life conflict with her father's
traditional African values. Reconciling her dual legacies becomes
an unexpected chapter in this unforgettable young woman's
education. A co-production of ITVS. By Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed.
Shown with two short films about family and identity. In
"Jennifer," filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship
with his late mother and the distant spaces between memory and
history, longing and loss. Annie P. Waldman's "So the Wind Won't
Blow It All Away" looks at three high-school students who have
returned on their own to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in
order to graduate with their friends.