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The Letter

6.4

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Original title: The Letter
Year: 2019
Running time: 84 min.
Country: Kenya
Director: Christopher King, Maia Lekow
Screenwriter: Maia Lekow, Ricardo Acosta
Cast: Documentary
Music: Maia Lekow, Ken Mhyr
Cinematography: Christopher King
Producer: Circle and Square Productions
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: When Karisa’s grandmother is accused of witchcraft, he travels from Mombasa to her rural home to find out who’s behind it. It turns out that the threatening letter his grandmother received came from a member of his own family.

Awards: 2020: DocsBarcelona Film Festival: Special Mention

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"An effective, emotionally immediate debut (...) 'The Letter' occasionally makes a virtue of its less polished filmmaking"

Guy Lodge: Variety

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The Letter

2019

Christopher King, Maia Lekow

6.4

(122)