Watch Dry, get thrilled NollywoodWeek in Paris

At the closing of NollywoodWeek Paris on June 7, 2015, I saw Stephanie Linus’s Dry, which begins with Zara Robbins receiving an award at an event, where her adopted mother is present.
Her mother is white. If you paid attention to details in the film, you will still not quickly understand how a white woman’s child could have a black skin. This is why every detail in the film is important.

Dry is not really about Dr. Zara Robbins. It is about Halima (played by Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge), who is 13 years old and is married off to Sani (Tijani Faraga), a 60-year-old man, who constantly rapes her. Immediately after the traditional rites, Sani rapes Halima. She wakes up the next morning and says to one of her co-wives: “Uncle beat me. My body is paining me.”