Like Cotton Twines is a 2016 film written and directed by Ghanaian-American filmmaker Leila Djansi.[1][2][3] The film was an official selection to the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival under the World Fiction section. It went on to win the best narrative feature at the Savannah Film Festival in 2016. [4]

Like Cotton Twines
Directed byLeila Djansi
StarringIrene Adotey

Adjetey Anang Miranda Bailey David Dontoh Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu Jay Ellis Aiyanna Johns Ludwig Mawuli Kalms Luckei E. Lawson Yvonne Okoro

Mawuli Semevo
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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An American volunteer teaching at a remote school in Africa tries to save one of his young students from a religious custom in which she will be offered as a slave to the gods.[5][6][7]

Cast

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Film crew at IFFI (2014)

References

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  1. ^ Like Cotton Twines, retrieved 2019-11-02
  2. ^ "The Mary Sue". www.themarysue.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  3. ^ "Making Ghana Proud: Leila Djansi's Movie 'Like Cotton Twines' Wins An Award At The Riverbend Film Festival". GhBase•com. 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. ^ "Leila Djansi - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  5. ^ Like Cotton Twines (2016), retrieved 2019-11-02
  6. ^ "'Like Cotton Twines' Is A Stitch in Time". Mind of Malaka. 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  7. ^ "Like Cotton Twines". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-11-02.