As civic space shrinks across Africa, one film festival is betting that cinema can do what reports and protests sometimes cannot, hold power to account.
Faced with rapid urbanization, fragile waste management systems, youth unemployment and growing climate vulnerability, artists, activists, musicians, and community entrepreneurs in Mozambique develop local responses to address an environmental crisis.
In a world where criticism is seldom allowed, and journalists and essayists face significant risks in addressing the inner workings of power, fiction offers an alternative solution.