Monitoring Spirits | Short Film
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MONITORING SPIRITS - Follow the tragic journey of a young woman, mourning the death of her father, while yearning to break free from her controlling mother’s new conservative husband and their expectations for her to conform to a life she no longer wants for herself.
DIRECTED BY David Ukonmadu
WRITTEN BY Hajarat Abiodun Alli
PRODUCED BY Oluwatoyin Ganiyu, Joel Edeh & Kehinde Adegboyega
STARRING Tris Udeh as Laila Abdullahi, Genoveva Umeh as Sara, Laura Pepple as Claire, Samuel Abah as Dile, Israel Afolabi as Malim, Yusuf Oreniwa and Ben Levi Iji as Malim’s disciples, Joel Edeh as the Lecturer, Roseanne Chikwendu as the Hall Mistress, Adetoye Enikuomehin as Alfa and Umejiba Nkechi Gloria as Idaya
DOP - Jalalah Adesina
ART DIRECTION - Joy Kadiri and Miriam Nwosah
EDITED BY Bolanle Jegede and Busola Coker
ORIGINAL SCORE BY Anwuli Roseline
SOUND AND FINAL MIX - Adetoye Enikuomehin, Edafe Isaac, Olayinka Oluga
PRODUCTION MANAGER Yusuf Oreniwa
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Kehinde Adegboyega
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Israel Afolabi
ASSISTANT CAMERA 1 - John Ekeh, ASSISTANT CAMERA 2 - Dami Yussuf
GAFFER - Babajide Ojikutu
GRIP - Ossi Diana
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EbonyLife Creative Academy is supported by the Lagos State Government through Lagos State Creative Industries Initiative (LACI), under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture. ELCA was established to equip aspiring and industry professionals with the practical and technical skills necessary to build a successful career in both the Nigerian and international market.
Our vision is to build a bridge to Nollywood – the worlds 3rd largest film industry – towards a value chain built on international best practice to deliver filmmakers who can service both the local and international film and television market, and produce content that introduces our unique style of Nigerian story-telling to the world.
