Stephanie Linus’ award winning movie, DRY, recently made a debut in
Gambia with a well-attended screening during the African Youth Summit
Banjul Plus 10. The movie was not only well received and greeted with a
standing ovation afterwards, but was lauded by all and further opened up
the conversation around maternal health care and Fistula in Africa.
The audience was made up of distinguished personalities including the
Vice President of Gambia, Dr Isatou Njie Saidy; UNFPA Regional Director
for West & Central Africa, Mr Mabingue Ngom; Assistant Minister for
Youth Liberia, Ms. Kula Fonfana and many others.
The summit was organised in collaboration with the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) to capture the creative, innovative and
pro-active voices of African youth and utilize these voices as a tool to
encourage decision makers to address the myriad issues young people on
the continent face. It focused on discussions around reinforcing
implementation of the policy frameworks in Africa and their pivotal role
in harnessing the youth potentials to attain the Demographic Dividend
and Africa’s inclusive growth and sustainable development.
Inspired by the true story of a young girl living with Vesico Vaginal
Fistula, DRY features Darwin Shaw as Dr. Alex, the legendary Liz Benson
Ameye as the Matron and Bill McNamara as Dr. Brown. The movie also stars
Zubaida Ibrahim as Halima, the teenager who had to endure a life not
designed for a child: to be married to a man who was more than four
times her age.
This screening comes just a few weeks after Stephanie Linus premiered
DRY in Zambia at an event which was attended by the Zambian First Lady,
Mrs Esther Lungu. DRY is currently on an African tour and will be
showing in other countries in the coming weeks.
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