Bronx Princess

Documentary

26 min.

Follow headstrong 17-year-old Rocky’s journey as she leaves behind her mother in New York to reunite with her father, a local chief in Ghana.

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Bronx Princess follows headstrong 17-year-old Rocky’s journey. As she leaves behind her mother in New York to reunite with her father, a local chief in Ghana, West Africa things are about to change. Rocky is a city girl, and it takes some time to get used to her father’s way of living but soon she is to discover the advantages of being The Chief’s daughter. By confronting her immigrant parents’ ideas of adulthood, Rocky reconciles her African heritage with her dream of independence. Filmed during the tumultuous summer between high-school and college, the film tells Rocky’s coming-of-age story in a life between two cultures.

  • Director

    Yoni Brook & Musa Syeed

  • Produced by

    Highbridge Pictures LLC & ITVS

  • Format

    26 min.

  • Release

    2008

Awards & festivals

  • IDFA

    Official Selection

    2008