Mageye Hassan

In a community steeped in tradition, the Kimote family has been renowned for their exquisite barkcloth craftsmanship for generations. Kimote Sr., disillusioned by a life of unfulfilled dreams, urges his son to abandon their ancestral trade in search of greater opportunities. However, young Kimera, deeply rooted in the skills and culture passed down to him, envisions a new purpose for the humble barkcloth—transforming its status beyond its traditional use in funerary rites.

Natasha is an extroverted child, born and raised amidst hatred and rejection from her father because she is female. Sold by her father to an Indian family who treated her more like a daughter than a servant, she was forced to leave Uganda when her Indian family is expelled by then President Idi Amin Dada. Now an adult and holding a law degree, she returns to Uganda where misogynistic traditions compel her to start a women’s liberation movement that changes the social and legal landscape.