Say Grace Before Drowning
Leaving October 31
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16m
Directed by Nikyatu Jusu • 2010 • United States
Starring Ebbe Bassey, Ellie Foumbi, Dennise Gregory
Eight-year-old Hawa is reunited with her African refugee mother after six years apart—and now finds herself living with a woman in the midst of a deep mental-health crisis.
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