Oscillating between a street festival in Philadelphia, the slave forts and capital city of Ghana, and the New Jersey shore, American Hunger explores the relationship between personal experience and collective histories.

From a street festival in Philly to the vibrant colors of Ghana’s street markets, Ephraim Asili’s atmospheric trip involves a personal reckoning with his perception of African-ness. As an intertitle reminds us: “the traveler often finds himself in a location that only exists in the mind.”