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Rocky Otoo is the sassy teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents. After she rebels against her mother's rule in the Bronx, she flees to her father, a chief in Ghana.
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So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away Short Films
A determined group of teenagers return to New Orleans to graduate from high school more than two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated their homes and scattered their families. (10 minutes)
Rocky Otoo, 17, center, stands with her father, Nii Adjedu, left, and her mother "Auntie" Yaa Otoo, right, in the Bronx, NY. Credit: Photo by Yoni Brook/Highbridge PicturesPOV aired the last film of our 2009 season last night on PBS....