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Ben & Ara, is a 2015 United States – Cameroon Romantic drama film directed by Nnegest Likké and co-produced by Joseph Baird, Constance Ejuma, Q'orianka Kilcher, Matthew Norsworthy and Samone Norsworthy for Nursing Tybalt Productions, Wonder Worthy Productions and N-Vision Pictures.
Ben & Ara: Directed by Nnegest Likké. With Joseph Baird, Constance Ejuma, Akuyoe Graham, Q'orianka Kilcher. Religious and cultural tensions escalate when an African Islamic woman has an affair with an agnostic man.
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- Drama
- Nnegest Likké
- 2015-09
About 'Ben & Ara' Film Starring Joseph Baird & Constance Ejuma. 'Ben and Ara'. Screenwriter: Joseph Baird. Genre: Drama | Romance | Art-House. Synopsis: Ben Johnson is a struggling PhD candidate in the school of philosophy.
Jun 11, 2019 · Ben and Ara TRAILER. Religious and cultural tensions escalate when an unlikely romance blooms between an African Islamic PhD candidate and her agnostic classmate.
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In the first scene where Ara took off her headscarf in Ben’s bedroom, I shut my laptop out of sheer exasperation. I agree that the about-to-unfold premarital sexual activity meant that a headscarf was out of place, but the visuals of her removing it were not what I was expecting. She unravels it with little hesitation or apparent discomfort, which ...
The representation in ‘Ben and Ara’ is decent; all things considered. A practising black Muslim woman in academia is not the most common sight on screen, after all. Portrayals of her community are not laden with stereotypes of hidden women and oppressive men. It appears that beyond bare-minimum, research was done on Islam, even if certain Arabic te...
‘Ben and Ara’ does a good job of highlighting different religious realities in the world. Ben has a hard time understanding the casual religious plurality that exists in Ara’s Cameroonian background. Ara is seasoned in navigating a world where respect for various religions is needed, given her upbringing surrounded by folk-religious adherents, Chri...
The ending is not exactly a fairytale. Things unravel as quickly as they began, with an abrupt dissolution of their romance and expected future together. The ending of the film reduces all warm romantic feelings that could have existed in the movie. I could imagine it being used as a PSA by Muslim parents to their daughters: don’t date a non-Muslim...
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Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival. 'Ben and Ara' is a film explores the possibilities and the limits of inter-religious, inter-racial, and intercultural relationships in modern society.
