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Mukwano

2016 · 20 min

A quiet, anxious day of waiting and searching, carrying the weight of love and displacement with restrained urgency.

Overview
The day when a lesbian asylum seeker's case is decided is also the day when she makes a last attempt to find her girlfriend, who disappeared during their joint escape from Uganda.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • survival
  • identity
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Cecilie McNair
Runtime
20 min

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