A strong thread running through the film is the idea of desperation, not just the kidnappers’, not just the families’, but a national kind of desperation that corrodes values and bends every character toward self-preservation.
As in Up North, social media is a character here too because it is the vehicle that propels much of the plot and takes our heroine to the film’s third location.
I had registered for one of the foremost film festivals in Africa, Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) to celebrate its...
