My Very Ghanaian Wedding

An American volunteer teaching in a school in Africa must save one of his students, a 14 year old girl from religious slavery.

Like Cotton Twines

Against the picturesque Ghanaian backdrop, Children of the Mountain is an honest exploration of a mother’s will in the face of much adversity. When her baby is born with a cleft lip, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome, Essuman is led to believe that she has a ‘dirty womb.’ Her promising future as a wife and mother is shattered as her lover disowns her and the community eyes her with suspicion.