Cotton Queen (CTBA)

A striking folktale of coming of age and cultural change in Sudan’s cotton fields.

Sat 3 Oct 15:30

Drama
Cinema

Sat 3 Oct

15:30

Sat 3 Oct

15:30 Not on Sale
Excluded from Film Pass

Event/ The 15:30 screening on Sat 3 Oct will be followed by a Q&A with writer-director Suzannah Mirghani.

This screening will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers.

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit.

But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the centre of a power play to determine the future of the village.

Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.

Cotton Queen screens on general release from Fri 2 Oct.