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| Some of the cast |
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| Actors on set |
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| Cast of Musical Whispers |
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The premiere of an advocacy movie, an Ebele
Okaro-Onyiuke’s
flick,
- Musical
Whispers, which took place at the Silverbird Cinemas, Lagos, last week Friday,
May 30, 2014, attracted top Nigerian actors and actresses, medical
practitioners and the media.
Cast
of Musical Whispers include: Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha, Ebele Okaro Onyiuke, Kalu Ikeagwu,
Ekpenyong Bassey, Oritz Wiliki, Belinda Effa, Chuma Okaro, Maureen Okoro,
Comfort Bruno, Kalu Uche, Victor Okenwa and so on.
Synopsis:
A young couple, David Kalu (Kalu Ikeagwu) and his wife, Agtha (Chioma Chukwuka
Akpotha) has a challenge in their home because their son David Junior also
known as DJ (Victor Okenwa) has a medical disorder known as autism.
Since
an autistic child needs care and attention due to the fact he or she cannot
communicate effectively or interact normally like other children, the working
class lady, Agatha, works tirelessly by spending quality time with DJ, while her
husband, David, feels disgusted about the situation and does not care to show
love to DJ. He chooses to walk out of his home, abandoning his wife and son and
moves to stay with his mistress who calls him a nickname, “Honey Suckle”. Will
their love last?
Viewers
are taken to another scene where Agatha loses her job, but she gets another one
through her close friend, Jasmine (Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke) who also tries to
match-make Agatha with her husband’s friend, Chris, also known as a
chronic bachelor.
But
the arrival of a guitarist, Terry (Kalu Uche) in that neighbourhood brightens
DJ’s life. Terry teaches David Junior music and later becomes part of the
family till he gets a deal after a superfluous musical performance one evening.
He then leaves Agatha and David Junior and joins his manager, Oritz Wiliki, but
loves leaving frivolous life by frolicking with ladies in the hotel he is kept,
paying less attention to his duty. He loses the contract and returns to Agatha.
Through him, David Junior learns how to play piano and sing at the same time.
Meanwhile,
after experiencing hell from his mistress, David switches over to his mistress’
friend who happens to be Agatha’s secretary in the office. She becomes pregnant
for him. Like the prodigal son in the Bible, he returns home and begs Agatha to
accept him back. Did she do that? Watch the movie and find out whether she
accepted him back or not.
David
Junior can now sing and perform at events and a foundation is set up through
him to encourage other autistic children.
Comments: Whoever watches Musical
Whispers will give kudos to the cast and crew of the epic movie. Full of
intrigues, it is inspirational and can serve as a lesson to couples on how to
handle challenges that they may encounter in their marriages. Movies like
Musical Whispers which centres on an issue like autism is rare in the Nollywood
world, so I hereby commend Nollywood veteran, Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke, for producing
this interesting movie.
According to the producer, Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke,
Musical Whispers is a movie centered on creating awareness on the medical
disorder known as Autism, advocating strong family support for those affected,
helping them bring out their true potentials.
“Autism is a disorder of neural
development characterised by impaired social interaction, impaired verbal and
non-verbal communication and restricted, repetitive or stereotyped behaviour,” Okaro-Onyiuke said.
“The message in Musical Whispers is that no one
should be considered useless regardless of his or her medical challenges as
noted in the case of David Junior, who later became an organist to the joy of
his mother.”
Speaking further, the producer said that Musical
Whispers is proudly Nigerian with all the scenes shot in Lagos. The seamless
transition in the film directed by former President, Directors Guild of Nigeria,
Bond Emeruwa, is an attestation to an adequate deployment of human and material
resources and the improved production capacity of film producers in Nigeria.
The movie premiere was sponsored by Flat Feet
Productions in partnership with Neimeth, Promasidor and others.
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