Afterlives

In early 20th-century East Africa, two young men, Ilyas and Hamza, are irrevocably shaped by the brutal realities of German colonialism. Ilyas returns home after years of war to find his family gone, while Hamza, a veteran of the Schutztruppe, seeks peace and a new life in the village of his youth. As their lives intertwine with Afiya, the shadow of empire and the lingering embers of revolt threaten to consume them.