Ghanaian filmmaker explores the 'burden' of womanhood
The burden of responsibility often placed on women whose children are born ‘imperfect’ in the eyes of society forced all of us watching Priscilla Anany’s film ‘ChildreN of the MountaiN’ to address some uncomfortable cultural truths still present in today’s modern world. The Ghana-born filmmaker made boy-child Nuku (played by Jessica Dablo…..yes a girl playing a boy) the star of a film that poignantly looks at how society blames women for things often out of her control. Priscilla Anany's 'Children of MountaiN' film was created to exonerate women from blame. She is pictured with © MisBeee Writes Defining womanhood Essuman, played by Nigerian-Ghanaian actress Rukiyat Masud, and Edjah, played by Ghana’s Adjetey Anang were ecstatic to learn they would soon be proud parents of a little boy. Edjah’s first child from another woman is a girl. But all that changed when Nuku is born with Down’s syndrome, a cleft palate and cerebral palsy. Essuman’s status dro...
