Like Cotton Twines

Like Cotton Twines is a 2016 film written and directed by Ghanaian-American filmmaker Leila Djansi.^[1][2][3] The film was an official selection to the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival under the World Fiction section. It went on to win the best narrative feature at the Savannah Film Festival in 2016. ^[4]

Like Cotton Twines
Directed by	Leila Djansi
Starring	Irene Adotey Adjetey Anang Miranda Bailey David Dontoh Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu Jay Ellis Aiyanna Johns Ludwig Mawuli Kalms Luckei E. Lawson Yvonne Okoro Mawuli Semevo
Release date	2016 (2016)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

An American volunteer teaching at a remote school in Africa tries to save one of his young students from a religious custom in which she will be offered as a slave to the gods.^[5][6][7]

Cast

Film crew at IFFI (2014)

• Irene Adotey as Felicia
• Adjetey Anang as Gideon
• Miranda Bailey as Allison Dean
• Brian Angels as Social Worker
• David Dontoh as Father Baani
• Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu
• Jay Ellis as Micha Brown
• Aiyanna Johns as Tulip
• Ludwig Mawuli Kalms as Teacher Francis
• Luckie E. Lawson as Ajovi
• Yvonne Okoro as Sarah
• Mawuli Semevo as Yema