Communion by Patience Nitumsewiga
 
 

‘Communion,’ a short film reflecting on performance and reality, written and produced after the creative alternatives workshop by Patience Nitumwesiga. The film was screened at this years Zanzibar film festival, and nominated in the 2019 Mashariki Film Festival awards in the category of Best African Short Film and Best East African Short Film.

Communion is the story of a woman digging into her past to find healing and well-being. It’s about breaking out of daily boxes that women, mostly black women, are expected to fit into, and forging an imaginative journey through her pain using her past as a torch to finding her path into the future.”
— Patience Nitumwesiga