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Film Festivals

  • CR8:BLK Cinema Weekend

  • Regent Park Film Festival

  • Essence Film Festival

  • Blackstar Film Festival

  • Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival

  • Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival

  • New York African Film Festival

  • Charlotte Black Film Festival

  • San Francisco Documentary Festival

  • Flatpack Film Festival

  • Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

  • Florida Film Festival

  • Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Seattle Black Film Festival

  • Salem Film Fest

  • Cinema Columbus

  • Film Africa

  • Indie Memphis

  • Urbanworld Film Festival

  • Black Star International Film Festival

  • Milwaukee Film Festival

Community Workshops & Talks

  • University of Virginia

  • All-African Women Poetry Festival

  • University of Connecticut

  • Ohio State University

  • University of British Colombia

  • Wexner Center for the Arts

  • Classics in the Park - Africa Film Society

  • Zora’s House

  • Games for Change Africa

  • Terra Alta

  • Black Girls Glow

  • Library of African Diaspora

  • Games for Change Africa

  • Testimonials

    "I felt happy, because its great to see girls taking it upon themselves to document something so integral to their childhood and formative years. Absolutely beautiful. Well done. Well executed. I want to see more."

  • Testimonials

    "It made me feel proud to be part of an age old tradition, proud to be Ghanaian, and proud to be part of the Ampe sisterhood. "

  • Testimonials

    "I don't play Ampe enough. The film is beautiful and an ode to memory."

  • Testimonials

    "The collective witnessing and gems extracted from that, the joy in memory and remembering, so much"

  • Testimonials

    "“Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl” introduces a cultural phenomenon, sets a joyful mood, reminisces about the carefree happiness of girlhood, and spotlights the inclusion that comes from shared experience."

  • Testimonials

    "Profoundly beautiful shots of colorful backgrounds, infectiously happy music, and exuberant Black women set the tone of this film, and the audience is allowed to be a fly on the wall as women discuss the friendships they’ve built around playing the game and the cultural impact it has in Ghana and beyond."

  • Testimonials

    "Audiences will certainly find themselves smiling through this film as it serves as a window into a sisterhood that bubbles with happiness while providing an escape that mirrors a happy childhood. "