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.