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Cotton Queen review – mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut

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Suzannah Mirghani’s first feature contains a powerful performance by Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud as a village’s elder woman and tackles the long shadow of British imperialism and women’s rights

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Film
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Cath Clarke
Published
Sep 30, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 30, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC

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