Mrs. F.
Ifeoma Fafunwa, Mrs., takes up the challenge of staging her play HEAR WORD!about the abuse of women in male-dominated Makoko, a slum with houses on stilts in the lagoon of Lagos.Besides the original cast of Nigeria’s most acclaimed actresses, Ifeoma will cast young women in Makoko who are subject to the same fate as many of the women in Nigeria.
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Ifeoma Fafunwa, Mrs. F., takes up the challenge of staging her play HEAR WORD! about the abuse of women in male-dominated Makoko, a slum with houses on stilts in the lagoon of Lagos. Besides the original cast of Nigeria’s most acclaimed actresses, Ifeoma will cast young women in Makoko who are subject to the same fate as many of the women in Nigeria. Ifeoma connects with them through her personal struggle with her background. Can Ifeoma set a transformation in motion in the heart of the fastest growing city in the world that breaks with the silence culture in Nigeria?
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- Release date
- Mar 8, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- Nigeria, Netherlands
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