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