The Milkmaid

The Milkmaid (PAFF 2021)
Narrative/Nigeria/136min/2020
Director: Desmond Ovbiagele

A Fulani milkmaid confronts religious extremists in rural Sub-Saharan Africa in a quest to locate her missing sister, but efforts to recapture her disrupted past prove complicated. Nigeria’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. Best Film, AMAA 2020; Best Nigerian Film, AMAA 2020; Best Make-up, AMAA 2020; Programmers’ Narrative Feature Award, PAFF 2021