Like Cotton Twines Trailer (2016)
Trailer for Like Cotton Twines, starring Irene Adotey, Adjetey Anang and Miranda Bailey. From rising-star director Leila Djansi, comes her latest film festival winner Like Cotton Twines, starring Jay Ellis (HBO’s Insecure). The story centers around Micah Brown (Ellis) who takes a teaching job in a Ghanaian village where he meets Tuigi, a bright girl who must atone for a deadly accident committed by her father and, according to custom, must abandon her education and be offered into religious slavery. Locked in a battle between history, church and state, Micah is determined to give Tuigi a life outside tradition.