COTTON QUEEN
Suzannah Mirghani
2025 | DRAMA | GERMANY, FRANCE, PALESTINE, EGYPT, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN | COLOR | 94'
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.
Keywords
MATRIARCHY
SUDAN
COLONISATION
Producers
Strange Bird GmbH
Maneki Films
Philistine Films
Cast
Mihad Murtada
Rabha Mohamed
Talaat Fareed
COTTON QUEEN
Suzannah Mirghani
2025 | DRAMA | GERMANY, FRANCE, PALESTINE, EGYPT, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN | COLOR | 94'
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.