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Buttercup

Fortune is live streaming her truth, weaving words of survival and solidarity. From a little girl in a bedroom in Kinshasa to a bold young poet in Liverpool, this is her story.

Fortune is live streaming an informal spoken word gig to her online followers. As she takes the mic, she desperately hopes that her audience will include the one person who needs to hear her truth: her mother.

Weaving together words, poems, and memories, she shares her story, from her life as a vulnerable little girl in a bedroom in Kinshasa to a bold young woman partying and performing in Liverpool.

Only now is she ready to revisit a past she has locked away, to recognise the power behind her mother’s warnings, and to accept the truth that she was never to blame for what happened to her.

45 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Apr 2021 22:40

Credits

Role Contributor
Fortune Dorcas Sebuyange
Evie Gabrielle Ellison
Carla Ade Ajibade
Mother Emmanuela Yogolelo
Writer Dorcas Sebuyange
Associate Producer Odile Mukete
Producer Jennifer Monks
Producer Leanne Jones
Director Julia Samuels
Production Company Tigerlily Productions
Production Company 20 Stories High

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