A doctor returns to Africa to heal others—then faces the wound she ran from.
The movie follows a trail of Zara, a successful African doctor living in Wales, on a mission of mercy to Africa. Against the backdrop of a rich African culture, she experiences much turmoil and despair as she revisits the inexplicable horrors of her childhood, while working with suffering African women.. Zara meets a young girl facing tremendous obstacles and marvels at the revelation of the ties that binds them together.
Acting
Stephanie Linus carries raw, restrained grief.
Direction
Linus directs with intimate, unflinching clarity.
Production
Authentic Nigerian locations ground every frame.
Director
Stephanie Linus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephanie Linus made this film after years of advocacy against FGM; it's essentially Nigeria's first mainstream cinematic confrontation of the practice.
The title's double meaning—'dry' as cultural condition and emotional desiccation—mirrors how the film withholds catharsis until Zara's own voice breaks through.
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