Sodiq

  • Sodiq
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2013
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 44 (in minutes)
http://www.adeyemimichael.com/documentaries/sodiq/

From his North Peckham estate, Sodiq's childhood dreams to be a doctor were about to be realised with offers from universities including King's College. Charged in 2012 with a gang-related shooting of an equally gifted teenager, two promising futures were shattered.

How does a boy with the aspirations of becoming a doctor find himself on trial for murder...?

Producer/Director/Cinematographer : Adeyemi Michael

Nigeria/ United Kingdom, 2013, Documentary, 44 minutes, HDCAM, Language: English

Privately screened at The House Of Commons and Warner Brothers Entertainment.



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2013 | 3rd Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF 2013) | Calabar, Nigeria | 10> 17/11/2013
* Best Student Film Award (Prix du Meilleur film d'études)
www.africafilmfest.org/index.php/shortcodes/2013-winners/item/359-best-student-film-sodiq-by-adeyemi-michael

2013 | Sheffield Documentary Festival, USA
* Official selection
* World Premiere
* Screening: 14 Jun 2013, 10.30 - ODEON
http://sheffdocfest.com/films/show/5473

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