The Fisherman's Diary

Great and inspiring tale on the importance of education for young girls!

Inspired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, a young woman defies her father's and village's expectations and dedicates herself to her education. Ekah is determined to attend school in a fishing village where a girl's education is considered taboo. Her willingness to break this old adage involves her with her father, Solomon's past.

This film is so problematic and emblematic that it took me a long time to comment on it, the film that hurts in the depths of my soul mainly because it is a great reality in overdeveloped countries and mainly in the interior, even here in Brazil... Sale of girls into sexual slavery, total lack of appreciation for women, almost a by-product, banning children's parents from going to school, everything is so wrong... And Malala's incredible participation, even if only a poster, more than that, she represents the hope, courage and pain of many women...

I loved everything about this movie: the script, the actors play, the story, the emotions behind the scenes. It's a must see. I love the fact that it points out some problems that are unfortunately still common in some of our villages. The script being completely in pidgin and local language makes the movie even more relatable. It's a 10 out of 10 for me.

Let me go ahead & say this is my first ever IMDb review but it had to be done.

I've watched many African movies in my lifetime & this is the first time in a LONG long time I've been impressed by any movie. It had many valuable lessons and touched on topics like, sacrifice in love, girls education , betrayal , friendship, etc. The main character played by Faith Fidel brought me to tears.

I thoroughly enjoyed everything about the movie, the soundtrack was great.

Riveting !

I wish everyone who worked on this project continued success.

Cameroon O'bosso! Cameroon 🇨🇲 oye.

It is the first film completely made in Africa that I see and I really liked it; the plot is very good and the acting is excellent. TOTALLY RECOMMENDED!