Somali film The Gravedigger's Wife is not 'just a movie but a lifetime experience'

The Gravediggers' Wife was the first Somali film nominated for the Oscars, in 2021. The movie talks about love and death in Djibouti City.

The BBC's Sowda Ali met the filmmaker Khadar Ayderus Ahmed and main actor Omar Shaft.

Filmed by Justin Mills

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