SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
93 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Rosine Mbakam. In French, Bamileke, and Cameroon Pidgin with English subtitles.
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A succession of customers come to Mambar Pierrette, the neighborhood seamstress and reliable confidant, who has her own strife to deal with as a single mother barely making ends meet. As she readies clothes for upcoming social events and the commencement of the school year, heavy rain threatens to flood her workshop – one of many misfortunes in which she will have to find ways to stay afloat. Director Rosine Mbakam's instincts as a documentarian are put to good use in this unique character study that foregrounds common struggles and bonds among women in Africa, often overlooked in mainstream cinema.