Flat Feet Productions in partnership with corporate organizations including Neimeth, Promasidor and other played host to top Nigerian actors and actresses, medical practitioners, stakeholders and the media at the premiere of Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke’s advocacy movie titled Musical Whispers.
The premiere, which was glam by all standards, held at the Silverbird Galleria in Victoria Island, Lagos.
Chioma Akpotha
Musical Whispers, a touching movie with a story that tugs at the ehart, is centered on creating awareness on the medical disorder known as Autism. This the movie does in a way that advocates a strong family support for those affected with the medical condition with the ultimate aim being to help them bring out their true potentials.
According to the producer of the movie, Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke who is also a veteran Nollywood actress, “Musical Whispers is about a family that has a child (David Junior) who is autistic. While the father (David) gets frustrated with the demands and distractions that come with DJ’s disorder, the mother (Agatha) spends all her time to understand and give her son the best of care and love in order for him to cope.”
Speaking further, Okaro-Onyiuke said “Autism is a disorder of neural development characterised by impaired social interaction, impaired verbal and non–verbal communication and restricted, repetitive or stereotyped behaviour.”
The movie’s plot is woven around the decision of David’s father, played by Kalu Ikeagwu to run away from the demands of raising an autistic child, engaging in extra marital affairs with other women, but with coincidence making sure one of the ladies turn out to be his wife’s Secretary who eventually gets pregnant, thereby bursting the bubbles.
According to the producers, Musical Whispers is proudly Nigerian with all the scenes shot in Lagos. The seamless blending of pictures and sounds in the film ensured through the directorial guide of former president of the Directors Guild of Nigeria, Bond Emerua, the movie is an attestation to the fact that the is an adequate deployment of human and material resources to spur an improved production capacity of film producers in Nigeria.
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 (Jnr) who later becomes an organist to the joy of his mother.
Musical Whispers parades Nollywood stars including Chioma Akpotha, Kalu Ikeagwu, Belinda Effa, Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey among others with special guest appearance by notable Reggae artist Orits Wiliki.
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