Another Members' Choice this Sunday with Cotton Queen at the later time of 5:45 to make way for the Royal Ballet Manon. Life in a Sudanese village is dominated by cotton and Al-Sit, an old lady who fought off the British many years earlier. Her grand daughter Nafisa is happy with her life, hoping to marry Babiker, until Nadir arrives, selling the villagers on GM seeds, and looking for a wife. Nadir's mother sees him as a good bet, regardless of what Nadir thinks...
"There is a mythical quality to this atmospheric first feature from Sudanese-Russian film-maker Suzannah Mirghani, blending a coming-of-age narrative with a striking depiction of the collision between tradition and modernity." - Wendy Ide, Observer