The Ghost and The House of Truth
Synopsis: The Ghost and the House of Truth tells the story of Bola Ogun (Susan Wokoma), a single mother to her daughter Nike. Bola is a counselor who works with family members of crime victims, and much of her work revolves around holding meetings between these family members and the convicts who committed the crime. However, the empathy that is central to her work becomes tested when Nike goes missing. What follows is an intense and at times tragic effort to work with local police to get Nike back. The Ghost and the House of Truth is not only a suspenseful crime drama, but an examination of how far someone’s empathy can go before it reaches a breaking point.
SCREENING DATE AND TIME
Available Fri Feb 26th 7:00 pm (EST) – Sat Feb 27th 11:45 pm
(EST).
Q & A WITH PRODUCER EGO BOYO
Sun Feb 28th, 2021 (10:00 am EST | 4:00 pm WAT/BST)
In Conversation with Producer Ego Boyo & Cinematographer Kabelo Thathe
1 hour 7 minutes
YEAR
2019
COUNTRY
Nigeria
DIRECTOR
Akin Omotoso
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Kabelo Thathe
PRODUCER
Ego Boyo
CO-PRODUCER
Kemi Lala Akindoju
SCREENPLAY
Roger Smith
Brian Tilley
Tracy A. Whitaker
EDITOR
Vuyani Sondlo
CAST
Susan Wokoma
Kate Henshaw-Nuttal
Fabian Adeoye Lojede
Tope Tedela
Seun Ajayi
Kemi Lala Akindoju
Director's Bio
Akin Omotoso is a writer, actor, and director. He was born in 1974 in Nigeria and grew up in the university town of Ife where he found his first love, writing. In 1992, his family moved to South Africa after his father accepted a lectureship at the University of the Western Cape. He made his directorial debut with the feature film, God is African .In 2004. Omotoso directed the television series Jacob’s Cross on Africa Magic, M-Net and SABC between 2007 and 2013. In 2010, he began working on Tell Me Sweet Something; which was influenced by Theodore Witchers′ Love Jones (1997). The film earned him a best director award at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in Lagos State. His 2016 film, Vaya, first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 to critical praise and continued to make its rounds around the festival circuit and earned him the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director before landing at Ava DuVernay’s Array.