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A Mother's Journey

Synopsis

As a child she was abandoned by her own mother, now a mother herself and suffering from postnatal depression, will Lola finally heal the hidden scars by meeting the woman who left her? Or is she destined to repeat the cycle and sins from a childhood she'd rather forget?
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Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 mins 50 secs
Director
Sade Adeniran
Producer
Sade Adeniran
Editor
Mikee Corcoran
Screenwriter
Sade Adeniran
Director of Photography
Chris Dodds
Production Designer
Elizabeth Slater
Composer
Sade Adeniran & Claudia Young
Principal cast
Caroline Chikezie, Lace Akpojaro, Helen Gold

Genre

Woman Director Black Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sade Adeniran

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