

26 minutes that'll wreck you worse than the mosquito did.
A Gambian family is at dilemma whether they should go see a traditional healer or go to a hospital after their daughter catches malaria by a mosquito bite.
Acting
Binta Manjang's face says everything the script doesn't.
Direction
Bojang makes 26 minutes feel like slow drowning.
Director
Botto S. Bojang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Malaria kills roughly 600,000 Africans annually; this film puts a single family's face on a statistic.
Director Botto S. Bojang reportedly cast actual villagers in The Gambia — no professional actors, just lived experience.