When Harmattan Blows

"Confident young Barbara returns to her village to confront her parents with her lifelong trauma. As a child, they sent her to Ghana’s capital, but instead of school she faced hell. Barbara wants to ask them things that have since been suffocating her: do they know what happened to her and are they sorry? She hopes that when the Saharan harmattan blows, things might change.
Images from the past appear – rape, pain, fear. Despite the still vivid trauma, Barbara supports her family financially and pays her younger brothers’ tuition. She hopes her siblings will stand on their own feet and not suffer the same fate she did. The film poetically captures Barbara’s determination and will to forgive despite the indifference of her family and society. It shows the path that each of us can take."