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    Poster of the movie B for Boy
    2013     Drama    
    Nigeria
    1h 54min

    Director Chika Anadu's remarkable debut feature is a scathing critique of Nigeria's patriarchal social order. Her protagonist, Amaka, maintains a happy marriage, raises a 7 year old daughter and runs her own successful business, yet her failure to produce a son for her husband makes her a target of derision among family, friends and neighbors. Anadu pays special attention to the illogical way the women in Amaka's life are the most forceful proponents of a male-dominated idea of family, even pressuring Amaka to allow her husband a second wife. When Amaka's latest pregnancy ends unexpectedly in a miscarriage, she takes extreme measures to keep the hope of a male heir alive. Lead actress Uche Nwadili creates a gripping portrait of a poised, confident woman sinking further and further into a tangled nightmare as she desperately tries to hold onto the life she's spent 40 years building.

    Directed byChika Anadu
    Written byChika Anadu

    Starring

    Uche Nwadili
    Ngozi Nwaneto
    Nonso Odogwu
    Frances Okeke

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