Rocky est une forte tête. Elle a 17 ans. Elle vit avec sa mère à New York, dans le Bronx. Elle n’arrête pas de se disputer avec sa mère. Elles ne sont d’accord sur rien.
Avant de rentrer à l’université, sa mère l’envoie au Ghana retrouver son père qui est chef de village, au Ghana, en Afrique de l’Ouest. Surprise : son père a une superbe villa. Mais dès la présentation de sa famille africaine, Rocky déchante avant de repartir émue par le pays de son père. En confrontant les idées de famille africaine sur le passage à l’âge adulte, Rocky se réconcilie avec ses origines et son rêve d’indépendance.

Yoni Brook et Musa Syeed (38 min., 2008, USA)

BRONX PRINCESS follows headstrong 17-year-old Rocky’s journey as she leaves behind her mother in New York City to reunite with her father, a chief in Ghana, West Africa. Filmed during the tumultuous summer between high-school and college, BRONX PRINCESS tells Rocky’s coming-of-age story. By confronting her immigrant parents’ ideas of adulthood, Rocky reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence.

Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed (38 min., 2008, USA)
Documentary Film
HDCAM Digital Video
Length: 38 min
2008

Directed and Produced by Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed
Executive Producer: Marco Williams

BRONX PRINCESS is made possible by:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Cinereach

Fiscal Sponsor: The Hartley Film Foundation
International Broadcast Sales: DR International Sales


FESTIVALS / AWARDS

2009 | Big Sky Film Festival
* Winner – Best Documentary Short

2009 | AFI/Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Film Festival, 2009
* Selection

2009 | Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), 2009
* Selection

2009 | International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), 2008
* Selection

2009 | True/False Film Festival, 2009
* Selection

2009 | Rooftop Films Summer Series, New York, NY, 2009
* Selection

2009 | New York African Film Festival at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 2009
* Selection

2009 | UrbanWorld Film Festival, New York 2009
* Selection

2009 | Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2009
* Selection

2009 | 4th Real Life Documentary Film Festival | ACCRA, Ghana | www.ka-yelema.org
* Selection

2009 | Festival Dei Popoli, Florence, Italy 2009
* Selection

2009 | Connecticut Film Festival, 2009
* Selection

2009 | Pawtucket Film Festival, Rhode Island, 2009
* Selection

2009 | Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo, 2009
* Selection

2009 | Encounters South African Documentary Festival, Capetown, South Africa, 2009
* Selection

2009 | ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2009
* Selection

2009 | African Film Festival National Traveling Series, 2009
* Selection