‘Boy Meets Girl’ explores the disturbing reality of mass child kidnapping in Nigeria.
By Omotayo Olutekunbi
The Boko Haram kidnapping of the Chibok girls in 2014 served as the inspiration for a short film that will debut on April 14th, 2023.
Boy Meets Girl centers on Musa, a 15-year-old schoolboy (Gabriel Dung), whose life is dramatically altered by meeting a little girl on a bus (Aaliyah Atazamu).
The short is directed by Kaelo Iyizoba, an accomplished Nigerian-American filmmaker whose last film, Nkemefuna, examined the fallout from the 9/11 terrorist assault in the United States.
“Over time, it becomes too easy to reduce entire lives to mere numbers. We can distance ourselves from their humanity, forgetting that they loved and were loved, just like us,” he noted while talking about the film.
In the 2021 Abuja International Film Festival, Boy Meets Girl, which was produced by Adnaan Muhammed-Ali and Conrad Johnson-Omodiagbe, took home the trophy for Outstanding Experimental Feature.

The movie reminds us of the nation’s most notorious terror incident and addresses the uncomfortable truth about the widespread kidnapping of children in Nigeria.
“The film unveils some of the insidious tactics used by extremist groups to manipulate vulnerable individuals.
“It also serves as a reminder to us all of the urgent need to address the underlying grievances that fuel terrorism in Nigeria today,” Muhammed-Ali said.
Precisely nine years after 276 girls were kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State on April 14, 2014, Boy Meets Girl will make its YouTube premiere on April 14.
More than 100 of the girls have still not made it home despite the ferocious Bring Back Our Daughters campaign, which pushed for their release.
Related posts
Reviews
Follow Our Activities On Facebook
8 hours ago
12 hours ago
12 hours ago
12 hours ago
14 hours ago
SUBSCRIBE
[mc4wp_form id=”2012″]
Top Reads!
#BigBrotherNaija “Level Up” Week 6
Though last Sunday Sunday was meant to be a “no-eviction” day, it came as a shocker when fake housemate, Modella…
Dating in 2022; Situationships Are Not For The Fainthearted
Situationships are defined as that space between a defined relationship and something other than a friendship. It is a romantic…
20 Questions With Dinta Media’s Visual Storyteller, Chimeremogo Nwoke
Dinta Media is not really just a media production brand but we like to see ourselves as a hub for…
How Are Nigeria’s Small Businesses Coping?
The current rising rate of inflation and other burdens against the Nigerian economy speaks to the realities of the times.
Thrifting Is All The Rave Now, Here’s Why
By Amy Adindu The affordable clothing movement has gained global attention and acceptance as we’re all trying to look like…
#BigBrotherNaija “Level Up” Week 2
Week 2 of the highly watched Nigerian TV show kicked off with an early plot twist. On Sunday, Big Brother…
#BlueTunes: Burna Boy, Omah Lay Top Album Picks For July
July was a promising month for music lovers; from Lizzo’s album titled Special and Imagine Dragons’ Mercury, (Acts 1 &…
#BlueTunes Album Picks For June
Gbagada Express – Boj Bolaji Odojukan, popularly known as BOJ, was raised both in England and Nigeria. He shot to…
“A Creative’s Dream” with Jeff Chinonso
On the 26th of June 2022, Jeff Chinonso hosted his first solo art exhibition. The Augmented Reality exhibition themed “A…
Nigerian API-based company Thepeer raises $2.1 million
Tech infrastructure startup Thepeer has raised a $2.1 million seed round according to a report from TechCabal. Thepeer, a Nigerian…
Dika Ofoma, Ugochukwu Onuoha take on grief in Debut Film “The Way Things Happen”
The twenty-minute film focuses on the loss of a loved one, and how grief changes a person.
Nigerian Startups might just be Crippled by a Recently Leaked bill
Over the years there has been talks of amendment on the 2007 Act of the National Information & Technology Agency (NITDA).
Why We Love Kelechi Amadi Obi
The definition of talent is Kelechi Amadi’s iconic story. Imagine a person who studies law in school, gets called to Bar, and leaves it all for something different and unrelated…Painting!