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Nnegest Likké

Born February 19, 1970 · Oakland, California, USA (age 56)

Nnegest Likké is an award winning, internationally-based filmmaker with a passion for telling unique and uplifting stories that inspire humanity. From humble beginnings, she grew up in the inner-city of Oakland, but got the rare chance to begin traveling the world at a young age with her mom, visiting countries across Europe and Africa where her father, famous Ethiopian Freedom Fighter, Dr. Senay …

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Phat Girlz

Phat Girlz · 2006

MovieComedyRomance

Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in completely unexpected ways.

Ben & Ara

Ben & Ara · 2017

Religious and cultural tensions escalate when an African Islamic woman has an affair with a white American agnostic man.

Everything But a Man

Everything But a Man · 2016

Everything But a Man

MovieDramaComedy

Comedic, dramatic and sexual tensions collide when a man and a woman from two different worlds meet, fall in love, and then discover they have totally opposite beliefs and ideas about life, love and what it takes to be happy.

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Phat Girlz

Phat Girlz · 2006

MovieComedyRomance

Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in completely unexpected ways.

Ben & Ara

Ben & Ara · 2017

Religious and cultural tensions escalate when an African Islamic woman has an affair with a white American agnostic man.

Everything But a Man

Everything But a Man · 2016

Everything But a Man

MovieDramaComedy

Comedic, dramatic and sexual tensions collide when a man and a woman from two different worlds meet, fall in love, and then discover they have totally opposite beliefs and ideas about life, love and what it takes to be happy.