''Like Cotton Twines'' is a 2016 film written and directed by Ghanaian-American filmmaker

Leila Djansi Leila Afua Djansi is an American-Ghanaian filmmaker who started her film career in the Ghana film industry. Early life Leila Afua Djansi was born on 17 July.Nelmes, Jill; Selbo, Jule''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide'' Springer (20 ...

. The film was an official selection to the 2016

Los Angeles Film Festival The LA Film Festival was an annual film festival that was held in Los Angeles, California, and usually took place in June. It showcased independent, international, feature, documentary and short films, as well as web series, music videos, episodi ...

under the World Fiction section. It went on to win the best narrative feature at the

Savannah Film Festival Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is a private art school with locations in Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Lacoste, France. It was founded in 1978 to provide degrees in programs not yet offered in the southeast of the United S ...

in 2016.

Plot

An American volunteer teaching at a remote school in Africa tries to save one of his young students from a religious custom in which she will be offered as a slave to the gods.

Cast

* Irene Adotey as Felicia *

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as Gideon *

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as Allison Dean * Brian Angels as Social Worker *

David Dontoh David Kwame Dontoh (born 1964) and affectionately called ''Uncle David'', ''"Ghanaman" and "Kofi Abranteɛ"'' (Kofi Gentleman), is a veteran Ghanaian actor and television personality who has starred in numerous local and international films, dram ...

as Father Baani * Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu *

Jay Ellis Wendell Ramone "Jay" Ellis Jr. (born December 27, 1981) is an American actor. In 2013, Ellis received his first major role on BET's series '' The Game''. His role as Martin "Lawrence" Walker in the HBO series '' Insecure'' (2016-2021), earned h ...

as Micha Brown * Aiyanna Johns as Tulip * Ludwig Mawuli Kalms as Teacher Francis * Luckie E. Lawson as Ajovi *

Yvonne Okoro Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian Nigerian actress. Born to a Nigerian dad and Ghanaian mother, Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African. Yvonne Okoro is from Koforidua in the Eastern Parts of Ghana. She received Ghana M ...

as Sarah *

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as Yema

References

Films set in Ghana Ghanaian documentary films Films directed by Leila Djansi {{Ghana-film-stub