NYAFF30: Lobola, A Bride's True Price?

Co-presented by POV

Sunday, May 21 at 7PM

Tickets: $15 General Admission/$7 Reduced Price 

Lobola, A Bride's True Price? (NY Premiere)

Sihle Hlophe, 2022, South Africa, 95m

English, SiSwati, isiZulu, SeSotho, isiXhosa and XiTsonga with English subtitles
When an opinionated filmmaker agrees to marry her long-term boyfriend, she must decide if she will break with tradition and reject "lobola," a Bantu cultural practice that involves the prospective groom paying a "bride price" to the family of the bride-to-be, or not.

Post-screening Q&A with Sihle Hlophe

Our friends and neighbors at Revolution Books will join us prior to the screening with a selection of discounted books for sale!