Mebet (a Mothers Plea)

Ousman Sayeed Jarju

Gambia / 2019 / Fiction / 33’34”I2005188

Mebet (a Mothers Plea)
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SYNOPSIS

Fourteen-year-old Njillan, one of the top of her class students, has just been awarded a government scholarship to pursue her secondary education. Excited to share this achievement with her family, she is welcomed with bad news: her father has given her away in marriage. MÉBÉT ("A mother's plea") is about a girl’s attempt to turn the tragedies of the past into lessons for the future.

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