Now that cinemas have reopened across the country, cinema goers can now reignite their pastime and passion for the big screen, amid captivating blockbuster movie offerings.
Moreover, movie directors are back to film locations, studios are busy with productions, and cinemas are gearing up for movie premieres, especially in the coming festive season.
Top among the movies premiering is Voiceless, a movie worth watching because of the realities it brings to life.
After months of hard work by the cast and crew, amid the challenges of our time, Voiceless is premiering in cinemas across the country today, November 18, 2020.
The movie premiere offers quality viewing, amid unique unwinding opportunities for cinema goers at the cinemas this weekend and for the rest of the festive season.
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With the professional inputs of three notable Nollywood studios; Native Media, Theatrone Media, and Whitestone Pictures, the much-anticipated movie will live up to the industry, and especially the viewers’ expectations.
Voiceless, an insurgency-inspired romantic-thriller, is an Hausa language feature-length film, which captures the story of the abduction of Chibok girls years back.
Produced by Rogers Ofime, the thrilling and emotion- filled movie is centered on the notorious terrorism in North-eastern Nigeria and inspired by true events.
It tells the story of Salma and Goni, two victims captured by a dreaded terrorist gang. While Goni was forced to work for insurgents as a skilled mechanic, Salma was kidnapped alongside her fellow school girls to serve the group’s lusts and drive home their agenda against western education for girls.
However, amid betrayals and suspicions that make up the abductors’ camp, Goni and Salma find love, strength and the will to survive and escape. But back in the real world, they face another battle for the acceptance of their love.
Speaking on the new movie, Rogers Ofime, executive producer, Voiceless, said, “I always believed there are two roads in life, one of regret and the other of success story. I took the success one, and I am happy I did. For voiceless, we took the road not travelled by many and we are happy we did.
“As you sit down to enjoy the movie, I urge you to take a minute to think quietly, soberly and deeply that there is hope and we can be the change we want. We must not remain voiceless.”
Also commenting on the movie, Robert Peters, director of Voiceless, who is famous for 30 Days in Atlanta, did not hold back his feeling of fulfillment about the project. “I have always wanted to make a film that will give me a better purpose as a filmmaker. So, when the idea of Voiceless was presented to me, I was very interested. We pushed to tell the story even though the odds against us were thirty to one. The story is meaningful, not just because it tells us something about the world we live in, but because it tells us something about ourselves as individuals.” he said.
Speaking further, Peters noted that the movie is the first feature film he has done with the producer, and is the most ambitious project by the team.
“This is a social issue film; even though the story of ‘ Voiceless’ and the exploitation of the characters involved is a shocking one. What attracts me is the more fundamentally tragic question at the heart of their existence and what meaning they will find in this existence”, said Peters explained.
Moreover, he insisted that the Voiceless is a story of young people who just want to live and live in peace.
However, the movie is a creation of Native Media, a TV production company, which sets new standards on content creation for a dynamic TV audience.
In the past 10 years, Native Media has consistently redefined creativity and carried the message globally that original quality content, can and does come out of Nigeria.
On a reason to see the movie, Native Media noted that it is a gripping love story based on actual events, fiction, yet factual.
“Through Salma’s eyes, we see death, betrayals, hope and love in captivity. We also see how society reacts to reintegration and through those eyes, love springs eternal”, Native Media said.
Voiceless was written by Jennifer Agunloye, a one- time winner of the Homevida screen-writing competition and executive director, GIST (Girls Should Thrive Initiative).
It is distributed in cinemas by Filmone Entertainment, renowned for films such as The Wedding Party, The Wedding Party 2, Merry Men 1&2, King of Boys, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free and Sugar Rush, to mention a few.
