69 mins |
Rated
TBC
Choose me (Chad)
The Director Allamine kadar Kora visits his mother’s village on the edge of the Chadian desert where there has been a drought. The male village elders and religious figures believe that the source of this calamity is caused by all the unmarried women in the village. The men convene and decide to remedy the situation by ressurecting Amchilini, a long disused custom requiring unmarried women to publicly choose a husband from a selection of candidates. We see the the women revolt, questioning authority, and expressing distaste of what they see as an attack on their dignity. The seemingly tranquil fabric of the community is changed by this debate between the generaions about the tention existing between genders with regards to autonomy, eqaul rights and freedom to choose.
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Choose me (Chad)
The Director Allamine kadar Kora visits his mother’s village on the edge of the Chadian desert where there has been a drought. The male village elders and religious figures believe that the source of this calamity is caused by all the unmarried women in the village. The men convene and decide to remedy the situation by ressurecting Amchilini, a long disused custom requiring unmarried women to publicly choose a husband from a selection of candidates. We see the the women revolt, questioning authority, and expressing distaste of what they see as an attack on their dignity. The seemingly tranquil fabric of the community is changed by this debate between the generaions about the tention existing between genders with regards to autonomy, eqaul rights and freedom to choose.