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DOCUMENTARIESBOUND: AFRICANS VS AFRICAN AMERICANSPeres Owino, United States, 2014 24 July 17:00 Suncoast 6;26 July 14:15 Suncoast 6Bound: African Vs African Americans is a hard-hitting documentary that addresses the littleknown tension that exists between Africans and African Americans. The film opens withpersonal testimonials that expose this rift, then walks us through the corridors of Africancolonialism and African American enslavement, laying bare their effects and how these havedivided and bound Africans and African Americans. African PremiereEnglish, 91 minBRAZILIAN DREAMMarcelo Pedroso, Brazil, 2014 19 July 22:30 Musgrave 6;Edilson spent most of his life cutting sugarcane until one day, an opportunity arose to betterimprove his life. He took it and left the cane fields to sign up for his first space mission.Brazilian Dream is a reflection on Brazil today. This is a country that is known as being poorand third-world but in recent years, Brazil has experienced rampant transformation that hasreconfigured its archaic social structure. This difficult and paradoxical modernisation runsinto problems that seem to be historically determined. African PremiereNo dialogue, 72 minCARTOONISTS: FOOT SOLDIERS OF DEMOCRACYStéphanie Valloatto, France, 201422 July 20:00 Nouveau;26 July 12:00 NouveauWith a smile on their face and a pencil as their weapon, cartoonists risk their lives trying todefend democracy, a cause that often leads them in the firing line. Acclaimed writer anddirector Radu Mihaileanu teams up with Plantu, a cartoonist who has worked for the Frenchdaily newspaper Le Monde for 40 years. Together, they tell the story of 12 cartoonists andtheir fight for equality, accountability and transparency. African PremiereFrench, English, Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, Danish with English subtitles, 106 min7636th Durban International Film Festival