The Prophecy
Afrofuturism
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20m
A sleepless woman, victim of rape, embarks on a journey to Senegal in hopes to find treatment for her recurrent nightmares. She will find it in a mystical place, which will open up a path to her inner power, self-acceptance and vengeance.
This is a supernatural horror film that follows the story of Tabara, a second generation immigrant from Senegal, who lives in America. She suffers from the consequences of a rape, she was a victim of on a date. The manifestation of that trauma are nightmares that she has everynight, where she sees a monstrous creature, mutilated above recognition, that mocks her.
After one too many nightmare, unsuccessful therapy and advices from her very traditional grandmother ; Tabara decides to travel to Senegal for the first ime of her life to seek treatment in an unorthodox place, an African Marabout. In Muslim Africa, a marabout is a holy man who is believed to have supernatural power.
When Tabara meets the marabout, he gives her a potion that is meant to allow her to exit her dreams. After failing to do so, she returns to the marabout, who reveals a secret, a generational curse she was unaware of. With this knowledge, that night, she bravely explores the dream world, ready to defeat the creature.
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