Obirin

What does it mean to be a woman? A young daughter lives with her parents in Lagos, Nigeria. Her parents have taught her to be a woman - to cook, to clean, to act polished, desirable - not "local." But all these values are overturned when she begins exploring her culture in greater depth. She finds that her coming of age is tied to re-discovering herself as a Yoruba woman - but her parents will not approve of this new expression. Will she become this new woman if it could mean the end of her relationship with her family? Obirin means woman in Yoruba, a Nigerian language.

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