Duka's Dilemma
(2001) 

DIR.:
Jean Lydall
Kaira Strecker
TRT:
87 min
MPAA RATING:
NR
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Personal and intimate, this film follows the drama of a Hamar family in crisis, the high points of which are the birth of the new wife's child, and nine months later, a heated dispute between the mother-in-law and her son, which leads to the building of a new house.


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FULL SYNOPSIS

Duka is a married woman and mother of five young children, living in Hamar, Southern Ethiopia. Ever since her husband married a beautiful, young, second wife, Duka has been in a state of emotional turmoil. Among the Hamar, who live with herds and cultivate small fields of sorghum in their remote, bush-covered country, men are allowed to marry more than one wife, but only a few men ever do so.

Duka wonders why her husband married again; did he find her too old, or was he turned off because of her chronic malaria? Also, she doesn't know what to make of the new wife who is silent and never expresses her feelings except in rage? And on top of this, her mother-in-law keeps making trouble and is angry with her son for marrying a second wife behind her back.

Personal and intimate, the film follows the drama of this family in crisis, the high points of which are the birth of the new wife's child, and nine months later, a heated dispute between the mother-in-law and her son, which leads to the building of a new house.

CAST & CREW

  • Producer(s): Jean Lydall, Kaira Strecker
  • Writer(s): Jean Lydall, Kaira Strecker

GENRES

Documentary  

SUBJECTS

Family Issues, Countries, Ethiopia, Family Issues, Geographical Areas, Human Rights, Identity Ethnicity and Sexuality, Marriage, Polygamy, Society and Culture, Women's Rights

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