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WITH GRACE (2024)

SHORT DOCUMENTARY . 30 MINS

SYNOPSIS

Grace is a playful girl from rural Kenya, always coming up with creative ideas to make her eight siblings laugh. Her dream is to become a comedian - and a farmer like her mum and dad. Her dad is an expert at telling jokes, and in the evening by the fire, Grace watches his every move to learn how to become even funnier. But when a terrible drought hits the village, Grace learns  that many dads have to leave their families behind to search for a job in the city far away. Grace's biggest worry becomes that her dad might also have to leave. Grace and her family find hope in their shared humor and through planting tree seedlings that one day can grow into tall, strong trees that will help their food crops adapt to the drought and give them fruit to sell. But will their efforts be enough to keep her family together?

 

DIRECTORS: Dina Mwende &  Julia Dahr
PRODUCER: Natalya Sarch (DifferMedia, Norway) Arne Dahr, Julia Dahr, Johanne Sandvik

CO-PRODUCER: Dina Mwende (Dhamira Films, Kenya)

TRAILER

With Grace - Test screening

Film stills

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