Section: Long Narrative
Country: Senegal
Production Year: 2013
Runtime: 82 Minutes
Director: Jeremy Teicher
Screenwriters: Jeremy Teicher & Alexi Pappas
Cinematographer: Chris Collins
Editor: Sofi Marshall
Music Composer: Jay Wadley
Cast: Alpha Dia, Cheikh Dia, Mboural Dia, Mouhamed Diallo & Dior Ka
Print Source: al@visitfilms.com
Synopsis: Leaving their family's remote African village where meals are prepared over open fires and water is drawn from wells, Coumba and her little sister Debo are the first to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family's survival, the father decides to give away the eleven year-old Debo into an arranged marriage. Torn between loyalty to her heritage and her dreams for the future, Coumba hatches a secret plan to rescue her young sister from a fate she did not choose.
