Kasala! (2018)

Kasala!: Directed by Ema Edosio. With Kassim Abiodun, Mike Afolarin, Gabriel Afolayan, Yomi Alvin. Taking place in a Nigerian slum, Tunji, a fast talking teenager, borrows his no-nonsense Uncle’s car and gets his friends, Chikodi, Effiong and Abraham to join him on a Joyride around the neighborhood. Things turn sour when they crash the car and only have 5 hours to raise the required funds to fix the vehicle before Tunji’s Uncle gets back from work. They resort to avenues known to each one of them in order to get quick money.

“This movie is a standard for nollywood. You can notice that the young leads are new at acting, but their natural charisma and group dynamics provides the soul and humour of this effortless enterprise. Casting them was the success, but shooting in the background of the Lagos slums with characters in their natural element makes this a success. Itu0026#39;s said this movie didnu0026#39;t have a wide release in Nigeria.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was hoping to get the audienceu0026#39;s reaction to see their neighborhoods portrayed so vividly, unlike the run of the mill eye candy offered by nollywood nowadays.”