Diary of an African Nun

Year: 1977

Runtime: 16 mins

Language: English

Director: Julie Dash

Drama

Africa’s quiet convent holds a nun tormented by fear and doubt over the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience she has taken. Each night her suffering deepens as she lies on a hard mattress in her small cell, hearing the distant, hypnotic rhythm of her village drums calling her back to home.

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