The Water Queen
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being • 17m
At its heart, The Water Queen is a superhero origin story that tells the tale of a young woman setting out to save her brother who’s suffering from severe dehydration. After many desperate pleas and attempts to find water for her brother, she taps into her Indigenous roots and is magically transported to a verdant, parallel universe, where she learns how to summon the power of nature and bring water back to her parched world.
Director: Lungelo Mdlalose
Producer: Doha Debates
2020 | 17 min | South Africa
Language: English
FILMMAKER Q&A:
https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/the-water-queen/
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