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FRI, OCT 30 | 6:30-8pm EST

BARAKAT

DIRECTOR Amy Jephta

SCREENWRITER Amy Jephta and Ephraim Gordon

PRODUCER Ephraim Gordon

RUNTIME 98 minutes

COUNTRY South Africa

NOTE Comedy, Drama

This program includes a pre-recorded Q&A with BARAKAT writer/producer Ephraim Gordon. Moderated by Reel Sisters Curator, Kim Singleton.

When aging matriarch Aisha Davids decides to accept a marriage proposal, she devises a plan to break the news to her four sons over Eid. But her big reveal is spoiled when the boys hear about their mother’s pending nuptials through the grapevine. Now it’s up to Aisha, her fiance, and her daughters-in-law to bring the sons around to her new romance.