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Samira is a Zanzibari woman who aspires to have a family like all of her friends, but is also determined to pursue higher education and a career. Throughout seven years of her life, amidst social pressures and the ever-present need to respect traditions, it seems she must choose one life over the other. A brilliant look at the inspiring trajectory of a modern, young African woman's goals and ultimate freedoms. Filmed with a sensitive eye that imbues Samira's story with the context of day-to-day life in urban Zanzibar Town, compared to the many nuances of life in the fishing village of Nungwi. In Swahili and English, with English subtitles.

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Bonus Materials

• Deleted scenes
• Official trailer
• Filmmaker Commentary

Sales Points

• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Social World Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Festival Cinema Africano, Asia e America Latina
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Messapica Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Rome Independent Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - IFI Documentary Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Augen Blicke Afrika Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Zanzibar International Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Semaine du Cinema du Cameroun
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - L'Europe autour de l'Europe
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Film Panafricain de Cannes
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Socially Relevant Film Festival
• WINNER - Merit Award - Docs Without Borders Film Festival
• OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pan African Film Festival
• WINNER - Best Documentary - iFest International Film Festival
• WINNER - Best Outstanding Documentary - Kaduna International Film Festival
• WINNER - Best Documentary - Matera International Film Festival
• WINNER - Best Feature - Babel Film Festival
• WINNER - Best Feature Documentary - Boden Film Festival
• Comparable to documentaries like 'He Named Me Malala' and 'Girl Rising.'
• For advocates of girls' and women's education.

Press Quotes

Directed with shrewdness, empathy, and delicate intimacy.

     —Sudestival

A magnificent film spanning many years that follows and documents, with an elegant detachment and respect, the life of the protagonist, who... transform[s] what at first seems like a documentary into an authentic narrative-driven film.

     —Babel Film Festival

Tells a simple tale, but one rich in honesty... a universal message that can touch anyone.

     —Cineuropa

Beautifully shot and eloquently executed... this honest documentary proves that if you dream big enough, you can escape what the world expects from you.

     —S.J. Portelli, The Sound View