A new movie that focused on child literacy has been produced by popular movie producers, Dickson Edward and Wale Muraina.
The movie is an advocacy on the need for child literacy while making a statement on child labour as well.
It tells the story of a street kid, who was forced to drop out of school to sell on the street and how he helped a rich kid to win a national spelling competition in indigenous languages.
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The Street Kid is a film that projects the “Ooni of Ife National Schools Spelling Competition in Nigerian Indigenous Language” and helps promote the preservation of our indigenous languages and cultures.
The stars of the movie cut across both the English and Yoruba genres, with the excellent performances by the likes of Chioma Akpotha, Kalu Ikeagwu, Toyin Abraham, Jibola Dabo, Rachel Oniga, Patrick Doyle, Femi Durojaiye and others.
The movie was directed by Tony Dudu, produced by Wale Muraina and executive produced by Dickson Edward.
The movie producer, Wale Muraina made it known that the movie would be revolutionary in many regards.
“Street Kid is not your regular movie and that is obvious in the kind of story we choose to tell. It was not about financial returns for us but about bringing to the front page of discussion issues that pertains to child labour and literacy for the child. Education is a fundamental human right of every child but we have seen a consistent decline in the number of children in school.
“We are calling on everyone to come out as soon as the movie gets to the cinemas, see the movie and start a discussion from there. Let’s stop child labour and get every child into school,” he said.
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