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Seventeen years after Walter left his family in Angola, he picks up his wife, Esther, and daughter, Sylvia, from the airport to bring them home to his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. The reunion isn’t seamless. After Walter cooks a welcome dinner, Esther wonders who taught him how to cook. Before they eat, Esther says grace, revealing her thunderous new passion for Jesus. And later, Walter realizes that he has not moved on from Linda, his lover who moved out of his apartment to make way for his family. When young Sylvia starts to explore the city and takes part in a dance competition, she unexpectedly opens up a pathway of muscle memory for the family to rediscover one another.
In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.
An IFC Films release.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.
Film Contact
Danielle Freiberg
danielle.freiberg@ifcfilms.com
- Year2019
- Runtime101 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Portuguese
- CountryU.S.
- RatingNudity, Mature Themes
- DirectorEkwa Msangi
- ScreenwriterEkwa Msangi
- ProducerHuriyyah Muhammad, Sam Bisbee, Josh Penn, Ekwa Msangi, Joe Plummer, Bobby Allen
- CastNtare Guma, Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, Nana Mensah
LIVE VIRTUAL Q&A: October 10 at 6:00 pm EDT. CLICK HERE to register for FREE!
Seventeen years after Walter left his family in Angola, he picks up his wife, Esther, and daughter, Sylvia, from the airport to bring them home to his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. The reunion isn’t seamless. After Walter cooks a welcome dinner, Esther wonders who taught him how to cook. Before they eat, Esther says grace, revealing her thunderous new passion for Jesus. And later, Walter realizes that he has not moved on from Linda, his lover who moved out of his apartment to make way for his family. When young Sylvia starts to explore the city and takes part in a dance competition, she unexpectedly opens up a pathway of muscle memory for the family to rediscover one another.
In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.
An IFC Films release.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.
Film Contact
Danielle Freiberg
danielle.freiberg@ifcfilms.com
- Year2019
- Runtime101 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Portuguese
- CountryU.S.
- RatingNudity, Mature Themes
- DirectorEkwa Msangi
- ScreenwriterEkwa Msangi
- ProducerHuriyyah Muhammad, Sam Bisbee, Josh Penn, Ekwa Msangi, Joe Plummer, Bobby Allen
- CastNtare Guma, Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, Nana Mensah
