Subira / Kaaya Films ; in co-production with Muasya Media Enterprises ; producers, Vibeke Muasya, Ravneet Sippy Chadha ; director, Ravneet Sippy Chadha.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Chadha, Ravneet Sippy, director, producer, screenwriter.

Muasya, Vibeke, producer, screenwriter.

Kaaya Films, production company.

Juno Films, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Swahili

Subjects (All):

Young women--Kenya--Social conditions--Drama.

Young women.

Arranged marriage--Drama.

Arranged marriage.

Sex role--slamic countries--Drama.

Sex role.

Genre:

Fiction films.

Coming-of-age films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Juno Films, 2018.

Language Note:

In Swahili with English subtitles.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Subira, since her childhood, has been a free spirit, a young Muslim girl born to be in the water. She loves to swim and to go fishing with her father - much to her mother's dismay. In her element in the ocean, Subira dreams of swimming competitively, as the boys do. But when her father dies in a boating accident, suddenly she's not allowed to swim at all anymore. Subira now finds herself firmly in the clutches of her traditional mother, Mwana, whose .single- minded aim is to arrange a good marriage for her daughter. The film tells the story both of Subira's arranged marriage at 18 to the handsome and progressive Taquif and her quest to finally learn how to swim. Are the two compatible? This searing family drama vividly captures the paradox of modernity versus tradition.

Participant:

Brenda Wairimu, Tirath Padam, Nice Githingi, Melvin Alusa.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 13, 2020).

OCLC:

1158192792