The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
In 1997, six African women pledged that in the first year of the new millennium they would tell their stories, stories by African women. They called their series "Mama Africa" and drew their tales from the depths of their hearts. The result is a groundbreaking initiative bringing together the incredibly fresh talents of six female directors from the vast and diverse continent of Africa.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Fanta Régina NacroDirector
- Zulfah Otto-SalliesDirector
- Ingrid SinclairDirector
- Fanta Régina NacroWriter
- Ngozi OnwurahDirector
- Bridget PickeringDirector
- Keith FarquharsonOriginal Music Composer
- Ngozi OnwurahWriter
- John MurphyOriginal Music Composer
- Raja AmariDirector
Cast
- Queen LatifahHost
- Rehane AbrahamsRaya (segment "Raya")
- Ayesha Meer KrigeMadeegah (segment "Raya")
- Ivan D. Lucas(segment "Raya")
- Denise NewmanSalaama (segment "Raya")
- Oscar PetersenJoe (segment "Raya")
- Graham Weir(segment "Raya")
- Damien ChamleyPeter (segment "Riches")
- Cindy SampsonMolly McBride (segment "Riches")
- Brian BiragiKwame (segment "Hang Time")
- Brian BovellOlu (segment "Hang Time")
- Elizabeth MathebulaMama (segment "Hang Time")