The Trousseau
From afia nkrumahAbout the film:
The story of a young British woman Ama, who returns to her birthplace in Ghana after receiving news of her mother's sudden death. She is met by her three stern kinswomen who doubt very much if she capable of taking the place of her frail grandmother during the funeral preparations. Defying tradition she proves them wrong and begins to find expression of her grief in the ritual preceding the funeral, ensuring that her mother appears in death as she did in life.