Mother (2009)

Senegal's first female journalist, 82-year-old Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, has been an active pioneer and campaigner for gender equality since the earliest days of the Senegalese women's rights movement. Today, she's regarded as the figurehead of the movement and a modern-day icon and role model. In this entertaining and revealing overview of her long and extraordinary life, we encounter a vigorous lady of character and conviction, who sets a shining example for generations of Senegalese.