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6.0/10 • 3

2021-05-310h 19m

Drama

An 8-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from Sunday school service. She unwittingly witnesses the underbelly in and around a Mega Church in Lagos.

Directors
Akinola Davies
Writters
Akinola Davies, Wale Davies
Editors
Akinola Davies, Wale Davies, Kit Jennings

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Naomi Akalanze

    Naomi Akalanze

    Morayo

  2. Lala Akindoju

    Lala Akindoju

    Patience

  3. Pamilerin Ayodeji

    Pamilerin Ayodeji

    Juwon

  4. Demi Banwo

    Demi Banwo

    Pastor Emeka

  5. Nmasinachi Chikebulbe

    Nmasinachi Chikebulbe

    Baby

  6. Patrick Diabuah

    Patrick Diabuah

    Pastor Tony

  7. Erezi Ebulu

    Erezi Ebulu

    Woman in Counting Room

  8. Rita Edward

    Rita Edward

    Aunty Titi

  9. Charles Etubiebi

    Charles Etubiebi

    Adamu

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CinemaSerf

Feb 8, 2024

6/10

"Juwon" (Pamilerin Ayodeji) has a sort of danger-radar that annoys her pastor, so he ejects her from her Sunday school at her local Lagos church. Ordered onto her knees outside, she espies and then finds herself following a lizard that was crawling along the ground and out into the streets. Encountering a familiar policeman, she is told to go back inside - that it isn't safe. She's a charmer, though, and manages to get him to go buy her some food - he can "keep the change"! Her wanderings take her to the city's massive "Mega Church" where she and her aunt (Rita Edward) both become victims of the real violence of the city that shocks them both. Ayodeki is quite engaging as the innocent eight year old, and the story has a potent message about the indiscriminate nature of the lawlessness that exists in this massive city. There are two contrasting societal scenarios presented here, one of a more Christian nature; the other of a more a venal one - and though that works well enough, I felt this to be a rather disjointed effort that wasn't telling me everything. Perhaps there was a complicity between the church and the criminals? Perhaps not? It's a big story to cram into twenty minutes and maybe it needs a longer, better developed version?

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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