Sierra Leone / 2022 / 72mins / Documentary / Kria and Fula

Husinatu and Hassanatu, twin sisters living in Sierra Leone, decide to move together to the Middle East to find better lives for themselves, their children, and their parents. Despite Husinatu's frustrating experiences in the Middle East in the past, both sisters are determined to achieve their goal. Faced with the coronavirus crisis, they search for money in order to obtain new passports, visas, and travel arrangements through legal and illegal migration agents. The decision to migrate creates a conflict with their parents. Their father has always been supportive, but their mother, who wants them to get married and build a life in their own country, tries to stop them. But the twins don’t want a man controlling them and seek independence as they are convinced that a better life is not in their home country. This is a film about family relations, the search for independence, and a better future in opposition to family traditions.

Mohamed Sessy Kamara

Sessy Kamara (director, writer, director of photography) is a multi-talented filmmaker and human rights activist who advocates for disadvantaged people, especially in slum communities. He became a filmmaker in 2005 and is a co-founder and secretary-general for the Sierra Leone Film Council, the country’s first media-makers union. He is the managing director for Brighter Days Media Pictures, and CEO and creative director for the Sierra Leone Next Movie Star reality TV Show. He has worked as a project officer and director of photography for WeOwnTV Freetown Media Center for seven years. Sessy has worked with Caleb Heymann, a documentary filmmaker from Portland State University Foundation has written and directed two documentary films and worked as a director of photography for an Emmy Awards nominee Ebola survivors film, Moving to the beat. Learn More