Gege is a young Haitian who sets out to Montreal with the goal of seducing a blonde girl he has seen in a magazine. However, his uncle, Fafan in Montreal reminisces about a girl he left back home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After twenty years in Montreal, he still craves all things Haitian. Gege meets up with Fanfan who has given up his dream of being a poet and settled for the taxi cab business. Through humor, the two explore cross-cultural problems of immigration. This movie helps one appreciate the complexity of different immigrant experiences. Gege has come for the diaspora experience in Montreal yet Fanfan yearns for the life back home in Haiti.
Conclusion
There are more independent films made for diaspora Africans and many more in various local dialects. The Caribbean is host to a boiling pot of captivating short films while West Africa boasts of humor-packed Nollywood films that are bound to leave you writhing on the floor with laughter. Ideally, this list serves to showcase well-known films that educate on the African diaspora and have made global impact.
Dickson Soire
Afrikagora Magazine
