Barakat is a 2020 South African family drama film directed by Amy Jephta and produced by Ephraim Gordon.
[1] It is the first Afrikaans-language Muslim feature film produced in South Africa.
[2][3][4] The film stars Vinette Ebrahim in the lead role and Joey Rasdien, Mortimer Williams, Quanita Adams and Keeno Lee Hector in supportive roles.
[5][6] The film deals with family problems where an ageing matriarch brings together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr in order to introduce her new romantic partner, after her husband's death some years ago.
[8] The film made its theatrical premiere on 28 May 2021 in Cape Town, hosted by Vangate Mall.