We Need New Names
Author(s):
Based on the book by NoViolet Bulawayo, adapted by Mufaro Makubika
Company:
Fifth Word and New Perspectives in association with Brixton House
Running time:
1h 50min approx
Age recommendation:
14+ years
Paradise. Home of 10-year-old Darling and her friends: four children on the edge of innocence. A playground overflowing with mischief and games where they imagine countries a luxurious life away from theirs in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.
But when Darling moves to Michigan, the western world she encounters as a teenager is far from the American utopia of her dreams…