Waiting for Hassana

2017 | 10 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Waiting for Hassana
  • Overview

    In 2014, 276 teenage girls came together for exams in Chibok, Nigeria -- by dawn, nearly all had disappeared and their school was burnt. Jessica, an escapee, shares her haunting account of a friendship violently interrupted by Boko Haram.

  • Release Date

    19 January 2017

  • DirectingIfunanya Maduka
  • Budget

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    $0.00

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