‘Mother Mother’ Review: A Slow Burn Somali Drama Defies Expectations with a Complex Study of Familial Ties

[Deeq A.]

In the first sequence of “Mother Mother” a herd of camels cry out in the dark. Their guttural sounds are their own kind of haunting music as we are drawn into the world of two camel herders in rural Somalia: widow and force-of-nature Qalifo and loyal only son Asa (newcomers Maan Youssouf Ahmed and Elmi Rashid Elmi).

Source: Hiiraan Online