Strength of a Woman (2015)

Strength of a Woman is a fiction-drama that outlines the life of Julia a 16 year old girl. She is raised under the care of her mother who is emotionally traumatized and financially struggling and her father who is physically abusive. Julia's mother (Leila Laura Wangari) has enough of the abuse and poverty and takes off, leaving Julia (Rose K. Njoroge) alone with her father. A student, a market woman and a cook for her father become Julia's life in order to survive. Julia becomes subjected to all that her mother endured, especially her father's abuse, gambling and alcoholism. Julia's determination to gain an education and have a better life than her mother had, become her driving force to change her life forever. By Manasseh M. Chege