Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje makes movie on finding his identity in foreign land
- Leading movie distributor, FilmOne, is set to release Nigerian-British filmmaker, Adewale Akinnuouye-Agbaje's movie in West Africa
-The movie titled Farming documents, tells the story of Adewale, who like many Nigerian children in the 1980s, was raised by a white family
- Farming was a popular practice in Britain in the 1960s to 1980s, where Nigerian parents paid white families to foster their children while they worked and studied abroad
The power of storytelling cannot be overemphasized as Nigerian-British filmmaker and actor tells his story in a movie set to be released in West Africa by FilmOne.
The movie titled Farming, documents the life of Adewale, who found himself in the British society in the 1960s, being raised by a white family, as he struggled to find his identity.
The movie which attempts to educate audience on the practice of 'farming', a popular practice in Britain in the 1960s to 1980s, where Nigerian parents paid white families to foster their kids as they worked and schooled abroad, focuses on the life of Adewale, who found himself in search of an identity as a black child in a foreign land.
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His experiences joining a skinhead gang was highlighted in the movie and Damson Idris acted as Adewale. Other notable actors in the movie include Adewale himself, who played the role of his father and Nigerian star actress, Genevieve Nnaji.
Other stellar cast include: Kate Beckinsale, John Dagleish, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jaime Winstone.
The movie which is already out abroad, won the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival in June and the lead actor, Damson Idris, won award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film at the festival.
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The movie is set to be released into Nigeria cinemas by October 25.
Meanwhile, a Nigerian actress has taken to social media to narrate the story of a horrible experience she had on a movie set.
The actress identified as Timmy K MacNicol revealed that she had almost drowned while trying to film a scene. The actress, who narrated her experience on her Instagram page, shared a video of herself filming the scene that almost got her to drown.
According to her, she was acting a movie scene on set when she almost drowned. She expressed that the scene took place in a lake.
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