AMİNA

AMİNA, 2019
Turkey | DCP, Color, 70’ | Turkish, French, Wolof
Director: Kıvılcım Akay

Amina is an immigrant Senegalese woman who has been working as a model for a clothing company in Istanbul for seven years because she did not have the means to make a living in her own country. While willing to leave her daughter behind and live in another country so as to take care of her daughter’s needs, Amina faces many challenges in the big city both as an immigrant and because of the color of her skin. But she does not give up and never stops dreaming as she carries on her struggle with determination. In this first feature-length documentary, by a showing us a cross section of Amina’s life, Kıvılcım Akay opens a new window onto what it means to be a black immigrant in Istanbul.