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Illustration of a silhouetted woman with a dress made of film in front of Africa made of flowers and film reels

Al-Sit

Directed by Suzannah Mirghani

Sudan
2021, 20 min

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In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can the young girl choose for herself? A compassionate story from Sudan about women—both powerless and powerful—exploring opposing ends of the social chain and how these roles might be changing in a modernizing world.

Saturday, March 5, 2022 | 7:00pm
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