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MATRIARCH

By Oyaro Dancurf

The struggles of a rural Kenyan single mother: who engages in strenuous hustles to earn a living for her four-year-old baby and herself. Through the main character SUBIRA, the viewer gets inside the lives of single mothers who live with the scourge of poverty and lack of basic needs such as food and clean water in the dry lands across the world and learns what makes them tick.

Additional Information

Title

MATRIARCH

Director

Oyaro Dancurf

Country

Kenya

Year

2016

Category

Narrative Short

Duration

11'

Language

Swahili with English subtitles

Actors

Shirleen Wangare, Shantel Akinyi, Abdi Adan, Mueni Mary, Stephen Njenga, Kipkemoi Korir