Photo: Scene from ‘In your Hands’
‘For you, we have made ‘IN YOUR HANDS’, a short film that we believe will instill hope and drive our people into making a decision to vote, vote right and stand for the truth. Nigeria can be great again, if we individually do our own bit’
TWO days to the 2023 national elections, leading culture content-production company, KiNiNso Koncepts has released an electorate-conscientising piece of art, In your Hands, a short film, which contemplates the future of Nigeria at this critical period in its 24-year old democratic journey.
The 8.53″ flm is designed to contribute to current campaign for commited citizenry through responsible electorate action as the nation goes to the polls from February 25. To conscentise the electorates to be extra careful with the choices they make among the politicians jostling for their votes, the film through its unique narrative style, urges the citizens to realie that the choice they make now will ultimately define their future and the future of the country.
According to a social media post by the director of the company, Joshua Alabi, who directed the film, the relaese of the film, which simple story is told through the eyes of a young lady, will “instill hope and drive our people into making a decision to vote, vote right and stand for the truth.”
Alabi writes:
“If you know us at Kininso, you’ll understand how passionate we are about our country and our people. When we started, we sought to tell authentic stories that will challenge our thinking as a continent, transform the lives and perspective of our people.
“Over the years, through theatre, documentary and film, we have told stories that provoked the young and old into action and engaged them in discussions. Asking the right questions, upholding the right attitude and doing the right thing. Our stories empower the voiceless to use their mind and thumb to protect their future. This for us, is power and control.
For you, we have made ‘IN YOUR HANDS’, a short film that we believe will instill hope and drive our people into making a decision to vote, vote right and stand for the truth. Nigeria can be great again, if we individually do our own bit.
CAST
Goodness Emmanuel
Enyi Okechi
Vanessa Arit
CREW
Executive Producer: Kininso Koncepts
Productions
Creative Director: Joshua Alabi
D.O.P: Yemi Adeojo
Producers: Angela Peters
Kininso Koncepts
Productions
AD: Joy Akrah
2nd Unit: Ebenezer Obiji
Script Writer: Ali Habib Emeka
Art Director: Aniefiok Inyang
Set/Props: Emmanuel Anya
Gaffer: Tumbra Biokorogha (T.B Light)
Sound Man: Habib Adebayo (Orchestra)
Costume: Chinenye Chukwudi
Make Up: Asuquo Hope (hopestiny)
Production Manager: Angela Peters
Ebenezer Obiji
Legal: Praise Alabi
Production Assistants: Dare Oshoniyi
Adekunle Adesanya
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About KiNiNso Koncepts
KININSO Koncepts is a storytelling, film Art, Theatre/training and performance company. A creative hub established with the sole aim of inspiring greatness in people through storytelling with deep root in research making into our culture and tradition towards innovating a creatively different performance style and a story-telling technique that will not only entertain, inform and educate but challenge our audience, ourselves as human towards nation building and the need for intellectual, social and cultural development.
We are an inclusive hub driven by a resolve to use creativity, technology, stories and design innovation to challenge the status-quo, tell authentic African and contemporary stories and shift perception. Through this we have trained over 1000 people in Nigeria and abroad and have created a large network of inspiring young people doing great things with arts, stories and achieving great feats in their fields of endeavours. Also, an advocacy organization that utilizes performance art, documentary and theatre as a tool for social positive change.
As an organization, that has been in existence for ten years, we have produced theatre and performance contents for NGOS and CSO’s on major issues such as Domestic violence, rape, insurgency, child marriage, justice and security, peace and reconciliation, health and safety, anti-corruption, governance, malaria, human rights and gender equality etc and these works over the years, have served as a catalyst for social orientation especially as it concerns Nigerians and her young people.
We have partnered to create and execute ideas for cultural institutions which includes, the Goethe Institut, British Council, Junges Schauspiel Dhaus, House of Oduduwa Foundation; The Ooni of Ife, Netherlands Embassy amongst many local institutions and NGOs.
