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Jamaa Shorts

Dilemmas within the community of blood relations.

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This image captures a culturally rich and intimate moment during a traditional Hindu ritual, likely in Nepal. A young woman, dressed in a vivid red saree with traditional jewelry, sits solemnly as an elder woman applies a red tika (a ceremonial mark) to her forehead. The elder's hand, adorned with red bangles, holds a wooden tray filled with red powder, used in various religious and cultural ceremonies.

Eternal Kinship (अनन्त नाता)

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Arbin Rai
Runtime: 11 minutes

A Black teenage girl sits on her bed in front of a window and talks on an orange cellphone.

Hatchlings

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Jahmil Eady
Runtime: 15 minutes

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Lana

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Laetitia Angba & Julie R. Lissouba
Runtime: 17 minutes

Ousseynou sits quietly in front of an abandoned structure, its walls bare and exposed.

Lees Waxul

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Yoro Mbaye
Runtime: 21 minutes

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One Day This Kid

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Alexander Farah
Runtime: 18 minutes

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