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Sound of Tears

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Sound of Tears
Directed byDorothy A. Atabong
Written byDorothy A. Atabong
StarringDorothy Atabong, Edsson Morales, Eugene Paul, Rhoma Spencer, Edgar Fraser, Albert Williams, Aisha Betham
Release date
  • 2014 (2014)
CountryCanada

Sound of Tears is a 2014 Canadian movie directed and written by the Cameroonian director Dorothy A. Atabong.[1]

Plot

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Amina and her family have left the city running away from her estranged lover, Josh, but he manages to track them down.[2][3]

Awards

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Sound of Tears won the award for Best Diaspora Short film at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2015.[4] The film was selected by the Ecrans Noirs Festival in 2016,[5] and won awards at the 2018 International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF).[6]

Cast

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  • Dorothy Atabong
  • Edsson Morales
  • Eugene Paul
  • Rhoma Spencer
  • Edgar Fraser
  • Albert Williams
  • Aisha Betham

References

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  1. ^ Sound of Tears, retrieved 2019-11-03
  2. ^ "Sound of Tears by Dorothy A. Atabong + 3 more films in this week's NSI Online Short Film Festival". National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. ^ "Sound Of Tears – A website for the award winning movie". Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. ^ AMAA 2015 winners
  5. ^ La liste des 22 films Camerounais sélectionnés aux ÉCRANS NOIRS 2016, Bled Parle, 25 June 2016.
  6. ^ Ellerson, Beti (2018-08-22). "AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG: IIFF 2018 - International Images Film Festival for Women : Sound of Tears, Dorothy A. Atabong, Cameroon/Canada". AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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