

A kidney transplant waiting list as a love language? Nigerian indie cinema said YES.
The film follows a young couple living in Philadelphia area working to pursue their dreams. Cynthia Andrews is an aspiring actress who has been in a comfortable celibate relationship for three years with a faith oriented semi-pro kickboxer named Jay Durant. While Cynthia is pursing her dreams of acting, she is diagnosed with a life threatening disease and told she needs a kidney change or she was not going to survive. The process of finding a donor and managing her acting dreams and the thoughts of her not getting married and raising a family of her own become a burden. She begins feeling like all hope is lost, and her dream of becoming that actress and mother she always wanted to be was not happening as time was ticking. The film touches on the relevance of faith, hope and true love.
Acting
Jacinth Headlam carries the entire emotional weight like a champ.
Direction
Prinze Whyee turns micro-budget constraints into intimate urgency.
Director
Prinze Whyee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This represents a wave of Nigerian-American filmmakers in the 2010s using Philadelphia's affordable production costs to tell diaspora stories outside Nollywood's Lagos-centric industry.
Montel Swaray was an actual semi-pro kickboxer; those fight scenes required zero stunt coordination. Director Prinze Whyee cast him after seeing him compete in a South Jersey tournament.
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