This weeks North American new movie preview 27th March 2026

The story of an Afro-Cuban group who kept alive songs and dances their ancestor had brought aboard the slave ship from Africa. They were so specific that around. After a chance discovery while working in West Africa, director Emma Christopher spent two years showing a film of the Ganga-Longoba songs and dances to several thousand people across Sierra Leone.

Product Description THEY ARE WE is the story of a remarkable reunion, more than 170 years after a family was driven apart by the ravages of the transatlantic slave trade.In Central Cuba, proud members of the Ganga-Longoba, a small Afro-Cuban ethnic group, have kept their unique heritage alive. Incredibly, through decades of oppression and enslavement, they have retained a collection of.. They Are We: Directed by Emma Christopher. With Joe Allie, Lucy Amara, Cuco Casanova, Emma Christopher. Afro-Cubans preserve ancestral traditions. A filmmaker traces roots to Sierra Leone, where villagers recognize lost kin's customs. A joyous festival reunites the long-separated family through shared cultural heritage.