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Feature film Tall as the Baobab Tree (originally Grand Comme Le Baobab). Poised at the outer edge of the modern world in rural Senegal, Coumba hatches a secret plan to rescue her beloved little sister from an arranged marriage.
Jan 25, 2013 · A young African girl hatches a secret plan to save her little sister from an arranged marriage, in this poignant depiction of a land and a people caught betw...
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Tall as the Baobab Tree (English Subtitled) In a rural Senegalese village poised at the outer edge of the modern world, a teenage girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her 11-year-old sister from an arranged marriage.
A powerful voice from Africa's young generation, Tall as the Baobab Tree poignantly depicts a family struggling to find its footing at the outer edge of the modern world... where...
In a rural Senegalese village poised at the outer edge of the modern world, a teenage girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her 11-year-old sister from an arranged marriage.
Sep 18, 2012 · Generational values clash in a Senegalese town in “Tall as the Baobab Tree,” American director Jeremy Teicher’s quietly eloquent first fiction feature. Based on real-life situations and more ...
Arjun G. Sheth Sound. Dior Kâ Self. Critics reviews. Coumba and her sister Debo are the first to leave their family’s remote African village to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family’s survival, their father decides to sell 11-year-old Debo into an arranged marriage.
