TIMPI TAMPA

In Adama Bineta Sow’s film, young Khalilou lives in Dakar with his gravely ill mother, whose cancer is the result of years of skin bleaching – a painful legacy of colonial beauty ideals. Seeking justice, Khalilou transforms into “Leila” and enters a university beauty pageant to expose the system from within. The film deconstructs colonial notions of beauty while celebrating courage, sisterhood, and the power to redefine what beauty means. (EOTO)