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What links these three stories besides their African settings is the calm, majestic presence of Queen Latifah, who introduces each one. The rapper, singer, actress and television personality towers over the movie, a stern but benign fortress of maternal common sense and wisdom.Full Review
Stephen Holden
The New York Times
It understands, in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking.Full Review
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
The impulses that produced this project, which brings together three short, English-language films by African female filmmakers into a feature-film package introduced by rap icon Queen Latifah, are commendable, but the results are uneven.Full Review
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide
Perhaps less-sophisticated preteens won't notice the amateurish acting, clunky direction and heavy-handed tenor of the lessons.Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
These after-school specials are distinctly depoliticized and seem tailored for Western audiences, so the African settings feel oddly superfluous.Full Review
Mark Holcomb
Village Voice
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