Directed by Rosine Mbakam

Working across both documentary and narrative, Cameroonian auteur Rosine Mbakam makes intimate, exquisitely observed portraits of West African women both at home and abroad that illuminate their inner lives with quiet force. In her early shorts DOORS OF THE PAST and YOU WILL BE MY ALLY and in her acclaimed narrative feature debut MAMBAR PIERRETTE—a rich mosaic of everyday survival in Douala, Cameroon, making its streaming debut here—she honors the painful realities of the immigrant experience, the complexities of cross-cultural identity, and the power and resilience of women in the face of hardship.