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The social space was set agog weeks ago following the online premiere of the child rights film “Home ” by Austine Lordlaz This attracted the attention of top Nigerian blogs like bellanaija, https://www.bellanaija.com/2018/08/austine-lordlaz-short-film-is-titled-home-addresses-the-theme-of-child-abuse/ , Nollywood Obsever who joined the trend to review the film with great ratings. Home which was made public online via YouTube is part of the producers’ effort to make the film available to a wider audience free of charge. The first week of it screening generated over 15 thousand reactions across the social media and 9k likes on Facebook.
Child Neglect is the ongoing failure to meet a child's basic needs and is the most common form of child abuse. A child may be put in danger or not protected from physical or emotional harm. They may not get the love, care and attention they need from their parents. Many children today in Nigeria and the world at large suffer from parental neglect which mostly stem from misunderstanding, misconception, quarrel and fight between parents and relatives. When these conflicts remain open, unattended to and unresolved, they take toll on the children.
Calabar the capital city of Cross
River state is among the cities in Nigeria with highest number of abandoned
and neglected children in the streets. The effect of this cannot be over
emphasized as they (abandoned Children) roam the streets and have constantly
grown into nightmares for the society which they believe has been hostile to
them.It is against
this back drop that the director Austine Lordlaz and crew chose to make a the film.
The short film Home tells the true life story of a six-year old
Junior who is caught in the web of parental conflict. Junior struggles against
the odds of parental neglect and marriage-long quarrel and fight leads to a
tragedy that otherwise would have been avoided.
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Media Plus and Clay Torch productions partnered , Jaymoni entertainment to produce the film.
