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Barakat

  • 103 mins
  • Drama, Family, Feature
  • 2020

An aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.

Director

Amy Jephta

Writers

Ephraim Gordon, Amy Jephta

Cinematographer

Ebrahim Hajee

Cast

Vinette Ebrahim, Danny Ross, Mortimer Williams, Joey Rasdien, Keeno-Lee Hector, Quanita Adams, Bonnie Mbuli, June Van Merch, Leslie Fong

Q&A

This delightful conversational interview with Mnet interviewer Kaye Ann Williams plummets the intrigue and the integrity that went into the making of Barakat by long time film making partners Amy Jephta (writer and Director) and Ephraim Gordon, (Producer and Writer)

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