Synopsis Anyone?


I am very intrigued with this young YaYa Dacosta. She seems to be one of the very few african american actresses that is making a mark in independent/art/international films. Her filmography is brief but rather well rounded and respectable for a graduate of reality tv! I saw her in the Raphael Saadiq video "Good Man" and thought she was very good in it.

Does anyone know what this film is about?

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http://history.sundance.org/films/4052:

"Denni Mobama, owner and chef of a small African restaurant in Brooklyn, has worked six years to bring his fiancée Janet Matashane to New York, where he lives with his mother, Ma Denni, and brother Pete. Eager to uphold their Basotho culture, Denni and Janet have a traditional Basotho wedding culminating in a ceremony where Janet is named for her yet-to-be-conceived son, George.

Determined to please her husband, Ma George begins her new life with gusto and hope. Her days fill with cleaning and cooking, visiting Denni at the restaurant and window shopping at the Fulton Mall where she meets a childhood friend, Kendra, whose cosmopolitan life intrigues and entices her. At night, she watches TV and waits for Denni to come home, hoping and praying for George.

As the months pass and her pregnancy attempts fail, Ma George's loneliness intensifies. She secretly takes a job behind Denni's back and is introduced to immigrants just like her. For the first time, she feels part of a community independent of her husband, and is charged with a new sense of self.

But all this comes to a halt when she is unable to conceive George and is confronted by Ma Denni's ultimatum: according to custom, she must give her husband consent to take another woman. Torn between her Basotho culture and new life in America, Ma George desperately struggles to save her marriage, stopping at no cost to give Denni his much awaited son."

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The trailer for this looked voluptuous and very intriguing. I usually don't go out of my way to see arthouse movies in the theater, but I think I might just do so for this one.

Usually I charge a fee for clever lines, but here's one for free. You're welcome...

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I agree. The trailer pulled me in. I have to see this now. It's still showing in NYC near Union Square if anyone is interested.



I hate the G train.

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