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Mfinda
Director: Arthell Isom
Cast: Jaden Smith
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A 12-year-old Congolese girl is taken to the mfinda, a primordial forest teeming with spirits, gods and ancestors. There she meets up with another young girl from a different time and together they set out to find the magical Nkisi, vessels that hold ancestral spirits as well as empowering materials or medicines, that will help her find her way home.
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Mfinda, a critically acclaimed animated fantasy adventure film directed by Arthell Isom, follows a young Congolese girl as she embarks on a journey through the primordial mfinda forest, accompanied by another girl from a different time. The film has received praise for its imaginative world-building and themes exploring ancestral connections.
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Mfinda, directed by Arthell Isom, offers an enchanting blend of animation, adventure, and fantasy that transports viewers to a mystical Congolese forest. With rising star Jaden Smith voicing the lead character, this film promises a visually stunning and thematically rich journey exploring themes of cultural heritage and the profound connections between the mortal and spirit worlds.
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The Mfinda is a spiritual concept of the forest in Bakongo religion that is seen as the meeting point between the physical world of the Bakongo people and the spiritual world of their ancestors.
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