6.0
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.
Naomi Akalanze
Morayo
Lala Akindoju
Patience
Pamilerin Ayodeji
Juwon
Demi Banwo
Pastor Emeka
Nmasinachi Chikebulbe
Baby
Patrick Diabuah
Pastor Tony
Erezi Ebulu
Woman in Counting Room
Rita Edward
Aunty Titi
Charles Etubiebi
Adamu
Gold Ikponmwosa
Monday
Fadeyi Ibrahim
Robber
Issah Ibrahim
Robber
Jamal Ibrahim
Mr. Peters
Gwen Jemila
Attractive Woman
Ade Laoye
Yemi / Mummy
Halimat Olanrewaju
Dele
Demi Olunbanwo
Pastor Emeka
Mosorire Oluwa
Lola
Morgan Samuel
Robber
Matthew Solomon
Robber
Genoveva Umeh
Kafilat
Osayi Uzamere
Robbery Leader
Director, Writer
Akinola Davies
Writer
Wale Davies
February 8, 2024
6
"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?