Breaking Sahara

When Laura Gardner immigrated to Sweden from Zimbabwe, she renamed herself Sahara, to accord with what she took as the world's impression of her: a dry and rocky landscape. But this act of creative appropriation is lost on her younger sister Jessica, left behind in Zuwadale to deal with the daily realities of rampant unemployment, alcoholism and crime. Breaking Sahara alternates between two sisters' views of a life as seen across the fence of countries, oceans, and life choices. Seen from Zimbabwe, Sweden is a source of wealth restricted only by the reluctance of relatives to share it, and a…