The heart-touching movie, Musical Whispers produced by Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke to speak up for autism, premiered in Lagos penultimate Friday at Silverbird Cinemas, Lagos.
Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke
Musical Whispers is a movie centred on creating awareness on the medical disorder known as autism, advocating strong family support for those affected, and helping them bring out their true potentials.
“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 to cope,” said the Nollywood veteran producer of the movie.
She explained at the event that autism is a disorder of neural development characterised by impaired social interaction, impaired verbal and non-verbal communication and restricted, repetitive or stereotyped behaviour.
She said all the scenes were shot in Lagos and that the seamless transition in the film directed by former President, Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Bond Emerua, is an attestation to an adequate deployment of human and material resources, and the improved production capacity of film producers in Nigeria.
The movie from the stable of Flat Feet Productions is in partnership with Neimeth and Promasidor, and features Nollywood stars like: Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, Kalu Ikeagwu, Belinda Effa, Keppy Ekpeyong-Bassey, while reggae artiste, Orits Wiliki, made a special appearance.
