The Road To Sunrise - a film by Shemu Joyah
"The Road To Sunrise" was submitted as Malawi’s entry to the 91st Academy Awards in 2018 in the Best Foreign Language Film category, the first Malawian film to do so.
Exploited by men and ridiculed by the world, two young women, Rubia and Watipa, learn to rely on each other as they struggle to survive in the rough, unforgiving townships of Blantyre, Malawi.
After Rubia develops an unlikely love affair with a naïve young man, she begins to review her life. When she refuses to have sex with one of her clients, a very rich businessman, he violently attacks her and tries to rape her. In self defense, she stabs him to death. She is arrested and charged with murder. The ensuing trial becomes a battle not just to escape the gallows but also a journey to her inner emancipation.
The following songs performed by Kevin MacLeod (INCOMPETECH.COM) “Consequence Wonders”, “Double Drift”, “Voyeur”, “For the Fallen”, “Alchemists Tower Strings”, “Discovery Hit”, “Anguish”, “Der Kleber Sting”, “Long Road Ahead”, “Dark Times”, “That’s A Wrap”
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The song “Ngayiye Nayiyawe” was composed and performed by Wambali Mkandawire and licensed by Kajimete Arts for use in the film.
