Starow Studios has launched the Sambasa Nzeribe-starred short film, EFF’D (Blighted Dreams in Shades of Magenta) which explores the topic of sexual violence on YouTube.
Directed by Lawani Akinyemi, EFF’D (Blighted Dreams in Shades of Magenta) tells the story of Ore who goes out for an evening romp at the secret apartment of powerful Lagos politician Kola Roberts, armed with nothing but spunk and malicious intentions.
Lawani Akinyemi, the director of the film spoke about the idea of the film as well as the angle the film took.
“EFF’D was born out of a need to do more than just observe a societal ill – in this case, sexual violence and predatory behaviours.
“This has been a long-standing conversation that seems to get not so much attention aside from the initial buzz.
“The short film follows a realistic angle to this issue and how it mostly plays out in real life especially when there’s an obvious power play/imbalance and disparity in social class, as well as age.”
The short film is produced by Oluwatobi Aworinde and stars Sambasa Nzeribe, Nimi Adekanmbi and Osas Okonyon with Chinedu Obuekwe and Lawani Akinyemi credited as writers.
