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Zjili: A Story of Sisterhood and The Burdens of Excess
A film by Christine Boateng & Hajara Musah Chambas
Ghana119 min2026
Synopsis
A young mother, a tormented landlady and an ambitious teenage girl find their destinies intertwined by the harsh realities of life on the margins of the world's largest secondhand clothing market, drawing strength from an unlikely sisterhood to spark a revolution.
Credits
- Directors
- Christine Boateng, Hajara Musah Chambas
- Writers
- Marcia Abdul Korah, Daphne Atsutse, Denzel Owoo
- Producers
- Christine Boateng, Hajara Musah Chambas, Joshua Tsotso, Erin G. Wesley, James Branson Skinner
- Key cast
- Rahana Abdallah, Esinam Semordzi, Zaharawu Fuseini