{"id":11401,"date":"2019-09-29T17:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:51:13","slug":"historic-movie-on-missing-chibok-girls-nigerias-documentary-daughters-of-chibok-win-the-lion-of-award-at-venice-film-festival-movie-reflects-true-life-story-of-yana-galang-51-year-old-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/historic-movie-on-missing-chibok-girls-nigerias-documentary-daughters-of-chibok-win-the-lion-of-award-at-venice-film-festival-movie-reflects-true-life-story-of-yana-galang-51-year-old-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORIC MOVIE ON MISSING CHIBOK GIRLS: Nigeria’s Documentary ‘Daughters of Chibok’ win The LION OF AWARD at Venice Film Festival…Movie reflects true life story of Yana Galang, 51-year old woman whose daughter was among the 276 girls kidnapped in April 2014 from their school dormitory in Chibok, northeast Nigeria * Nigeria born Film Director, Joel Kachi Benson determined to take the world to the women of Chibok still living in incredible pain of their kidnapped daughters’ absence *His words: “When my name was announced as the winner and I walked up on stage, it was the most surreal thing ever! Almost like an out of body experience. But I knew this was an opportunity to remind the world that Chibok is still here and the story doesn’t have an ending yet. And so we must not forget\u201d * ‘Everyday, I wash and fold my daughter’s clothes — praying that she will one day be released from the den of Boko Haram. Rifkatu my daughter, for five years I have wept and waited, praying for you to return. I will not stop praying for you. I will never stop, and I know that one day my prayers will be answered’-Galang cries *PLUS how crew spent several days in the small village in Borno State speaking to families of those affected by Boko Haram abductions BY AHMED ALWALI\/MOVIE REPORTER, VENICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HISTORIC\nMOVIE ON MISSING CHIBOK GIRLS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria’s\nDocumentary ‘Daughters of Chibok’ win The LION OF AWARD at Venice\nFilm Festival…Movie\nreflects true life\nstory of Yana Galang, 51-year old woman whose daughter was among the\n276 girls kidnapped in April 2014 from their school dormitory in\nChibok, northeast Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nNigeria born Film Director, Joel Kachi Benson\ndetermined to take the world to the women of Chibok still living in\nincredible pain of their kidnapped daughters’ absence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*His\nwords: “When my name was announced as the\nwinner and I walked up on stage, it was the most surreal thing ever!\nAlmost like an out of body experience. But I knew this was an\nopportunity to remind the world that Chibok is still here and the\nstory doesn’t have an ending yet. And so we must not forget\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘Everyday, I wash and fold my daughter’s clothes — praying that she\nwill one day be released from the den of Boko Haram. Rifkatu my\ndaughter, for five years I have wept and waited, praying for you to\nreturn. I will not stop praying for you. I will never stop, and I\nknow that one day my prayers will be answered’-Galang cries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*PLUS\nhow crew spent several days in the small village in Borno State\nspeaking to families of those affected by Boko Haram abductions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\nAHMED ALWALI\/MOVIE REPORTER, VENICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HE HAS\nBROUGHT NIGERIA INTO A STATE OF HONOR IN THE WORLD. JOEL KACHI\nBENSON, A-38-YEAR OLD NIGERIAN HAS WON THE PRESTIGIOUS LION AWARD AT\nTHE JUST CONCLUDED VENICE FILM FESTIVAL with his evergreen\ndocumentary film titled ‘Daughters of Chibok’. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nprolific documentary by this filmmaker on the missing Chibok girls\nwon best virtual reality story at the festival’s closing ceremony on\nSaturday night. The documentary, which also had its premiere at the\nfestival, tells the story of Yana Galang, whose daughter was among\nthe 276 girls kidnapped in April 2014 from their school dormitory in\nChibok, northeast Nigeria. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the\nrecords, when the Chibok girls were kidnapped, there was global\noutrage, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai called them her\n\u201csisters\u201d. Then US first lady Michelle Obama, said she saw her\n\u201cown daughters\u201d in them and and Hollywood stars lent their voices\nto the movement.. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following\ngovernment negotiations with the terrorists, 107 of them were\neventually released, while 112 remain missing. The film’s director,\nJoel Kachi Benson, said in his acceptance speech: “With this VR\nfilm, all I wanted to do was to take the world to the women of\nChibok, who five years after their daughters had been kidnapped, are\nstill living with the incredible pain of their absence. I felt it was\nwrong for us to forget or even doubt and move on.” <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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