STRAIN, a Nigerian Sickle Cell themed movie has emerged the winner for International Best Film at the 2020 edition of Urban Film Festival in Miami, USA.
Announced earlier in the year, the yet-to-be-released STRAIN is a family drama feature film about a family that suddenly discovers that their young son has the sickle cell disease.
STRAIN is an emotional roller-coaster set to intrigue, entertain and educate its viewers with a line-up of talented stars made up of veterans, on-screen debuts and child actors such as Okey Uzoeshi, Shushu Abubakar, Dr Alex Usifo, Gloria Anozie-Young, Bimbo Akintola, Angel Onyi Unigwe, Nifemi Lawal, Aproko Doctor amongst others.
The production of Verte View, it is written by Donald Tombia, Oluwatoyin Adewumi & Eze Ekpo, produced by Oluwatoyin Adewumi and Benjamin Abejide Adeniran and directed by Uduak-Obong Patrick.