- Source: Like Cotton Twines
Like Cotton Twines is a 2016 film written and directed by Ghanaian-American filmmaker Leila Djansi. The film was an official selection to the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival under the World Fiction section. It went on to win the best narrative feature at the Savannah Film Festival in 2016.
Plot
An American volunteer teaching at a remote school in Africa tries to save one of his young students from a religious custom in which she will be offered as a slave to the gods.
Cast
Irene Adotey as Felicia
Adjetey Anang as Gideon
Miranda Bailey as Allison Dean
Brian Angels as Social Worker
David Dontoh as Father Baani
Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu
Jay Ellis as Micha Brown
Aiyanna Johns as Tulip
Ludwig Mawuli Kalms as Teacher Francis
Luckie E. Lawson as Ajovi
Yvonne Okoro as Sarah
Mawuli Semevo as Yema