Amidst failed harvests and the threat of AIDS, Zimbabweans look for work, preferably in South Africa. But their illegal status and xenophobic whites do not make life any easier in the neighbouring state.
Kandia, an African women in her fifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move back to Gambia. Her son Ibbe, who dreams of a career in hip hop and is about to make a breakthrough, goes with her. Their encounter with their homeland, however, doesn't turn out the way they imagined. A warm, broad drama comedy about a universal theme: identity.
Pamvura (At the Water) is a story about beliefs and unknown forces. Netsai, a devout young christian woman, she loses her child while doing laundry at the river. She does not know the cause behind her child´s disappearance. What does she do to get her son back, where does she go for consultations about her little son´s disappearance and how she can get him back to her. Yet as much as she wants he son back, she finds it hard in her christian life to make a sacrifice of life. Find out in Pamvura what happens when faith is stronger than religion
