Directed by Licinio Azevedo (Mozambique). Produced by TVE for UNICEF.Licinio Azevedo's powerful story focuses on the struggle of young widow, Cecilia Xavier Cumanio, to raise her four children on her own – in the face of the traditional oppression against widows still practiced in Mozambique today. When Cecilia's husband is killed in an accident in South Africa, her father-in-law accuses her of responsibility for his death, and seizes her family home, along with all her clothes and possessions. Forced to live in a tin shack, Cecilia earns a meagre living as a seasonal worker on a sugar plantation worker. She finally seeks advice from Maria Aduzinda de Almeida, chairperson of the Association of Women Abandoned by the Sugar Industry who assures Cecilia that adversity will only maker her stronger, and encourages her to start a court case against her late husband's family for the return of her property.
Conceived by renowned African filmmakers from across the continent, filmed on location in Benin, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa, these dramas and documentaries lend an artist’s view to the work undertaken to help countries accelerate progress on child survival across Africa.
