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The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for Mabel Dove

film type animated film, documentary film, experimental film Production Country Germany, Ghana production year 2025 runtime 15'00 colour Color, animation technique stop motion
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language English subtitles German, English

When The Great Erasure interrupts her reading of Dove's story, The Black Girl goes in search of the author. After the Feminist Bookseller and Africanist Professor do not help her, she turns to The Revisionists, in whose cyberarchive she is able to locate Dove and the two spend an afternoon together. Told in the style of a ciné-roman, the film is an homage to George Bernard Shaw and Mabel Dove's "Adventure" novellas.

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director Nnenna Onuoha Production Nnenna Onuoha, Kathy-Ann Tan Script Nnenna Onuoha, Kathy-Ann Tan Editing Nnenna Onuoha Animation Nnenna Onuoha DOP Eno Inyangete Original Score Jessica “Aamowi” Longdon Sound Design Jessica “Aamowi” Longdon Cast Nicole Pearson, Mmakgosi Kgabi, Swantje Lichtenstein, hn. lyonga, Femi Lawal, Obaro Ejimiwe
Festivals
2025 XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, Germany (LOLLY Award)
2025 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (Special Mention)
Production
  • Nnenna Onuoha
Production
  • Kathy-Ann Tan
Distribution
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Nnenna Onuoha

Nnenna Onuoha is a Berlin-based Ghanaian-Nigerian researcher, filmmaker, and visual artist. Her research explores the histories and afterlives of colonialism across West Africa, Europe, and the USA through film, ritual, and collective memory.

Filmography
2018 Ayɛwohomumɔ
2018 Lagos, Lagos
2020 Rituals
2021 Wash Day
2021 The A-Team
2021 Rosenfelde
2022 Baby Picture
2024 The Memory Guardians
2024 The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for Mabel Dove