Florian Schattauer

Elelwani is a young university-educated woman who has been brought up in an environment steeped in tradition. Her parents have promised her hand in marriage to the Vendaking and, as a dutiful daughter, she wants to obey their wishes. But in order to fulfil her promise, Elelwani must abandon her dreams of travel, further education and – most importantly – her commitment to her one true love.

An intimate portrait of the fragile relationship between recovering drug addict Sia and her mother Maria.

Through archival film footage, animation and spoken word poetry an experience of structural violence against women is exposed.