Chris Ihidero’s Short Film On Rape “Big Daddy”
Friday, October 19, 2012Omoba
Wins Two Awards At 2012 In-Short International Film
Festival. The short film on rape, “Big Daddy” which premiered at the Silverbird cinemas
on Sunday December 4, 2011 finally premiered online on Wednesday, October 17,
2012.
The premiere is coming on the heels of the film’s success at the recently
concluded In-Short film festival in Lagos. “Big Daddy” which is directed by
Chris Ihidero won the “Special Jury Award” and “Best Editing Award” at
the 2012 In-Short International film festival which held on October 11 – 13th
in Lagos. The movie also got four other nominations: best screen play, best
sound, best cinematography, and best short film.
Big Daddy is a film against rape and sexual abuse, showing its social
responsibility towards creating awareness and seeking solutions to the issue of
rape in Nigeria.
“We decided to make a film on rape because we believe that, for our society to
truly combat this abnormality, we need to lay our collective shame bare. We
need to strip off the layers upon layers of coverings that hide the realities
of rape and sexual abuse. We believe that we all need to come clean and accept
the blame for whatever part we have played, consciously or not, in ensuring
that rape victims continue to lack support and justice, and lives continue to
get ruined. We fear that unless we collectively do something quickly, anarchy
may be loosed upon us all in the very near future”, says Ihidero who is a
writer, filmmaker and teacher.
Watch “Big Daddy” HERE:
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