Daughters of Chibok
Film poster
Directed byJoel Kachi Benson
Music byCobhams Asuquo
Production
company
VR360 Stories
Release date
  • September 2019 (2019-09) (Venice)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguagesHausa, English

Daughters of Chibok is an 11-minute Nigerian short film.[1][2] The virtual reality documentary tells the story of Yana Galang, whose daughter, Rifkatu, was among the 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 from their school dormitory in Chibok, northeast Nigeria.[3][4] The film was made to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.[5]

Awards

The documentary won "The Best VR Story" at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC World Service - Newsday, Chibok documentary wins film award". BBC. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  2. ↑ VR film documents ordeal of Chibok girls' kidnap, Reuters, retrieved 2019-11-25
  3. ↑ "'Daughters of Chibok' tells an emotional story of Rifkatu Yakubu". Pulse Nigeria. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  4. ↑ "Benson's Daughters of Chibok goes to venice". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  5. ↑ "'Daughters of Chibok' to feature at Venice Film Festival". TheCable Lifestyle. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  6. ↑ "Biennale Cinema 2019 | Daughters of Chibok". La Biennale di Venezia. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  7. ↑ "'Daughters of Chibok' wins award at Venice Film Festival". 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  8. ↑ "'Daughters of Chibok' makes it to Venice Film Festival". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  9. ↑ ""Daughters of Chibok"". The Nation Newspaper. 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2019-11-19.


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