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The film is loosely based on the tragic shooting  of EndSARS protesters in October 2020.

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<p>Film maker Samuel Adeoye has released his long-awaited short film ‘Abdul’ months after its AFRIFF premiere. </p>

<p>Written and directed by Adeoye, the short film shot in Germany, follows Abdul (played by Abdul Saliou), a 25-year-old Nigerian who is on the verge of being returned to his home country but finds his life-saver in a prison in Germany. </p>

<p>Faced with tough choices, he must find a way out or risk going back to a country with a crippling economy, and a place where the youths’ lives never mattered – lost in a peaceful protest for a better nation. The short film also stars Franziska Maria. </p>

<p>Speaking on the film, the UK-based filmmaker ‘Behind the Scenes’ director  says it was his way of detailing the realities of being a young person in Nigeria. </p>

<p><em>“ ‘Abdul’ is inspired by the adverse effect of the October 20, 2020 EndSARS protests in Nigeria – a protest against police brutality, where many lives were lost and many unaccounted for till date.</em></p>

<p><em>“I wanted to detail the harsh realities for Nigerians both home and away, the agony of a single mother, the trials of surviving youth and the bully of a country.”</em> The short film premiered on April 16 on YouTube after launching to critical acclaim in 2021. </p>

‘Abdul’ short film directed by Samuel Adeoye [Instagram]

Watch Samuel Adeoye’s EndSARS protest inspired short film ‘Abdul’

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