βNawiβ Review: Four Kenyan Filmmakers Collaborate on an Earnest Social Message Movie About Child Marriage
7 December 2024 at 19:30
Watching βNawi,β two things become quickly evident. First, a wonderful lead performance carries the film. Michelle Lemuya Ikeny plays the eponymous character, a 13-year-old who yearns to go to high school but instead must face the patriarchal traditions of her community. Sheβs set to be married off for a substantial dowry in livestock. Second, the [β¦]