Directed by Andy Amenechi Release date 1996 Country Nigeria Director Andy Amenechi | Music by Abay Esho Running time 104 minutes Initial release 1996 Produced by Zeb Ejiro | |
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Starring Fred Amata, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Kunle Bamtefa Cast Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Fred Amata Written by Bond Emeruwa, Andy Amenechi Similar Blood Sister, Games Women Play, Last Flight to Abuja, Ijé, A Private Storm | ||
Mortal Inheritance is an award winning Nigerian film produced by Zeb Ejiro, directed by Andy Amenechi and written by Bond Emeruwa.
Plot
Mortal Inheritance is a romantic drama about a woman dealing with sickle-cell anaemia, the plot also delevs into cultural resistance to inter ethnic marriages in Nigeria. The protagonist of the story is Kemi, a Yoruba lady with sickle cell anemia, the part was played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. She beat the odds of dying young as a sickle cell carrier and upon reaching adulthood, she fell in love with Chike, an Igbo man. But when she realised that Chike has the AS genotype or a sickle cell trait, she ended the relationship.
References
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