‘Win or Lose’, a movie directed by James Amuta, hit the cinemas on Friday. The private screening of the movie was held on Wednesday at EbonyLife Cinema, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The movie, which was made in Makoko, a riverside area in Lagos, featured actors like Odunlade Adekola; Rachael Okonkwo; Erica Nlewedim; Dave Ogbeni; Gregory Ojefua; Saeed Mohammed, aka Funky Mallam; Tolu Odewunmi and Jessica Henshaw.
According to Amuta, the goal is for people to see Makoko as a community populated by beautiful, warm, and friendly people, with hopes to move people to engage in various humanitarian interventions in the community.
He said, “The executive producer and I are very passionate about underserved and under-represented communities. There was just something so fascinating about how happy and friendly the people of Makoko are despite their living conditions that we spontaneously decided to make a film set to draw attention to this community.
“It was also an opportunity for us to bring some of their favourite actors for them to meet up close. And to us, watching how emotional the children were when they saw some of their favourite actors in Makoko was enough reward for making this film.”
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