Nigerian writer, director and content creator, Donald A. Eferere alias EAD recently released the trailer to a short film he wrote and directed. The film titled “Dari Ji Mi”, reportedly seeks to discuss the issue of parents making discussions for their kids without their permission.
“Dari Ji Mi” follows Mr Bankole who took the bad advice from his late wife’s sister, telling him to put a curse on his daughter in order to protect her from the alarming high rate of rape in the town. He succeeds in putting the curse on her and made his daughter Ife promise him that she’ll keep herself till marriage. This takes a terrible turn when her boyfriend Peter dies suddenly after having sex with him for the first time.
The short film was produced with a New York-based crew with Ahmed Nazim as Director of photography and actor Stephanie Ivainashe playing the role of Ife. Nigeria’s Ava Momoh’s compositions make up the soundtrack for the 12-minute long film.
“Dari Ji mi” won the Best Short Film USA category at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival and has also been selected by several festivals in the United States like the Capital City Black Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Queen City Black Film Festival and more.
See trailer below;
By: The Arubayi Keme
