Martha & Niki

featuring

Martha Nabwire, Niki Tsappos,

In 2011 two young Afro-Swedish women took on the macho world of competitive hip-hop dance—and won. Niki Tsappos, born in Ethiopia and adopted by Swedish parents, and Martha Nabwire, a more recent immigrant from Uganda, are best friends whose skills and teamwork knock audiences and competitors—especially men—for a loop. (“Guys always want to be in charge,” they note.) Boasting some amazing dance-battle footage and moving from Stockholm to Paris, Cuba to South Africa, this high-energy documentary follows these two vibrant young women as they travel, dance, and grow both closer together and farther apart.

Jason Sanders
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Tora Mårtens
Cinematographer
  • Tora Mårtens
  • Erik Vallsten
  • Niklas Nyberg
  • Senay Berhe
Language
  • Swedish
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Blu-ray
  • 93 mins