EXCLUSIVE: Next week, Nigerian filmmaker Damilola Orimogunje (For Maria Ebun Pataki) debuts his second feature film, Dear Ajayi, at the Venice Film Festival as part of the parallel Giornate degli Autori section. The title is the first from Nigeria to play in the competition. Check out the first trailer for the film above.
The film’s synopsis reads: In 1990s Southwestern Nigeria, sisters Ade and Titi Ajayi lead vastly different lives under the shadow of their late father’s home. Ade, a devout Christian and the family’s sole breadwinner, struggles to understand her younger sister Titi, an aspiring singer whose independent
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