Dry (2014)

Directors

Stephanie Okereke

Cast

Darwin Shaw, Liz Benson, Olu Jacobs, Paul Sambo, Stephanie Okereke, William McNamara

The story

A thirteen-year-old girl, Halima (Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge), is married off to Sani (Tijjani Faraga) a 60-year-old man, who constantly rapes her, by her poor uneducated parents. Halima gets pregnant and suffers Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) after child delivery; she's consequently abandoned by her husband and discriminated in the society. Zara (Stephanie Okereke), a medical doctor who also suffered a horrific childhood meets Halima; she tries to help her get through her situation and also save other young women under such circumstance.

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