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Ninah's Dowry

Director: Victor Yiyuoh
Cameroon   |   2014   |   102 mins
Creoles and Pidgins, with subtitles in English
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Dir. Victor Viyuoh, Cameroon, GFI grant 2010.
A headstrong woman leaves her village and resists her husband's attempt to reclaim his rights of dowry after she becomes pregnant with another man's baby.


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Anurnin Nwunebom, Mbufung Seikeh, Crista Eka
"At 20, Ninah is a veteran wife of 7 years and a mother of 3 who is stuck in an abusive relationship with no hope of change. When news of her gravely ill father reaches her, she disobeys her husband's orders not to go so she can speak her peace to the man who put her in bondage. After her father dies, Ninah refuses to return home and stays instead to run a small restaurant. When news reaches her husband that Ninah is pregnant, he comes to recover the dowry he paid or take home the woman he owns. By any means necessary.

Ninah’s Dowry is the recipient of “Special Jury Award” at the 2013 African Movie Academy Awards, the “Jury Award for Best Film” at 2013 the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival and the “Audience Award for World Cinema” at the 2013 Phoenix Film Festival. "