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The Battle of the Sacred Tree (1995)

Жанр : драма

Время выполнения : 1Ч 28М

Директор : Wanjiru Kinyanjui

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Mumbi leaves Nairobi for her ancestral village and gets into a quarrel with a Christian women’s group seeking to eradicate the remains of pre-colonial belief systems. Wanjiru Kinyanjui graduated from the DFFB with this smart comedy shot in Kenya.

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Margaret Nyacheo
Margaret Nyacheo
Catherine Kariuki
Catherine Kariuki
Roslynn Kimani
Roslynn Kimani

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Wanjiru Kinyanjui
Wanjiru Kinyanjui
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