Amaj Productions

Intercountrians

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The term intercountrian is a contra trem as a response to racialized labels such as “Black” or “White,” which often carry reductive or stigmatizing connotations when used to describe people of complex identities and cultural heritage. Intercountrian offers a more neutral, culturally focused alternative. - Adams Mensah
- An intercountrian is a person with two or more cultural backgrounds whose identity is shaped by the intersection of these cultures and/or countries - what I define as their intercountrinality. - Adams Mensah

In Intercountrians we follow four people from the African diaspora, who all live in a different continent (Europe, USA, Asia and Australia). All four have a different life story, but there is also something that connects them: none of them have ever set foot on the African continent. They decided to travel to Ghana for the first time in search of their roots and to experience what it feels like be in an African country. They want to know what "home" means to them and whether they feel more at home in a country where everyone looks like them, where they experience less racism and discrimination, and where they can finally feel like themselves.

We follow the characters in their various countries of origin in combination with how they experience Ghana and each other. How do they view the world, each other and what will their next steps be?

Intercountrians will be a series in which through various episodes the characters will be highlighted one after the other. The series completes the picture of the African state of mind, which, despite a globalised economy, still faces inequality, framing and racism. It shows the dark side of an Intercountrian’s life outside Africa and the need for an environment where the questions of many people from the diaspora are addressed.

A documentary series by Adams Mensah.
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