Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen J. Wanjiru chats with co-directors (and twin brothers) Arie and Chuko Esiri about the inspiration for their revelatory debut feature film ‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’ and why they decided to create it outside of the Nollywood machine.
Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) traces the journeys of two distantly connected strangers—Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), an electrician dealing with the fallout of a family tragedy, and Rosa (Temi Ami-Williams), a hairdresser supporting her pregnant teenage sister—as they each pursue their dream of starting a new life in Europe while bumping up against the harsh economic realities of a world in which every interaction is a transaction.
Cast also includes: Seyi – Tomiwa Edun | Grace – Cynthia Ebijie | Peter – Jacob Alexander |Mama Esther – Chioma “Chigul” Omeruah
For more info on the film visit eyimofemovie.com
DIRECTORS’ BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT:
Arie and Chuko Esiri were born thirty minutes apart in Warri, Nigeria. When they were growing up in their country’s capital, Lagos, their mother would put a padlock on the television in an attempt to make them more studious. Twenty years later, though, both of them enrolled in film schools: Arie graduated from Columbia University, and Chuko from New York University. During their time in New York City, the young filmmakers collaborated on a pair of short films: Besida, which premiered at the sixty-eighth Berlinale in 2018, and Goose, presented at the LA Film Festival in 2017.
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