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GRACE
USA/South Africa 2010
Director: Roni Henderson
Short film, 13 min
English spoken
no subtitles
Annie James spends her evenings praying in the run-down shack she calls her sanctuary. She prays for her eight-months pregnant daughter, Jeannie, who struggles to keep her heroin addiction at bay. One night, Jeannie succumbs and goes in search of the drug she swore she would leave behind. Deep in the throes of her high, helpless in her raging body, Jeannie goes into labour.
Roni Henderson is a filmmaker based in the United States. Through filmmaking, Roni strives to capture the profound in the everyday messages around us.
This short film is part of the Round about African Shorts program, Shorts 4 and will be screened with ATROPHY - HOMELESS IN AFGHANI - PHILIA - PUSHERS -
RIDE YOUR FREEDOM - LE PARRAIN