
There will not be an after-film discussion after this film. Please join us for the community chat on Monday at 7pm PST where we will discuss this and other films! Register here.
Barakat, which means "blessings," is a comedy about love and the importance of family. It’s also a celebration of the rich South African Muslim culture of Cape Town. Set during Eid-al-Fitr, the film is about the Davids family -an aging matriarch and her four squabbling grown sons who are opposed to their widowed mother marrying again. Barakat is South Africa’s 2022 Oscars pick. In Afrikaans and English with English subtitles.
- Year2020
- Runtime103 minutes
- LanguageAfrikaans, English
- CountrySouth Africa
- DirectorAmy Jephta
There will not be an after-film discussion after this film. Please join us for the community chat on Monday at 7pm PST where we will discuss this and other films! Register here.
Barakat, which means "blessings," is a comedy about love and the importance of family. It’s also a celebration of the rich South African Muslim culture of Cape Town. Set during Eid-al-Fitr, the film is about the Davids family -an aging matriarch and her four squabbling grown sons who are opposed to their widowed mother marrying again. Barakat is South Africa’s 2022 Oscars pick. In Afrikaans and English with English subtitles.
- Year2020
- Runtime103 minutes
- LanguageAfrikaans, English
- CountrySouth Africa
- DirectorAmy Jephta