The White Handkerchief (1998)
- Directed by
- Tunde Kelani
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Nigeria
- Runtime
- 17 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman in a Nigerian village faces pressure to marry a man she does not love. The film follows her struggle between her own desires and the expectations of her community.
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What happens
The White Handkerchief is a 1998 short Nigerian film produced and directed by Tunde Kelani and starring Yemi Komolafe, Yemi Shodimu, and Khabirat Kafidipe. The film was adapted from The Virgin, a debut novel of Bayo Adebowale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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