Daughters of Chibok

{{short description|Nigerian short film}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Daughters of Chibok | image = Daughters of Chibok poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = Joel Kachi Benson | producer = | writer = | starring = | music = Cobhams Asuquo | cinematography = | editing = | studio = VR360 Stories | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2019|09||Venice}} | runtime = 11 minutes | country = Nigeria | language = Hausa, English | budget = }}

'''''Daughters of Chibok''''' is an 11-minute Nigerian short film.<ref>{{multiref2|1={{cite news |last1=Sutton |first1=Tara |title='We cry and cry': pain endures for mothers of missing Chibok schoolgirls |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/03/we-cry-and-cry-pain-endures-for-mothers-of-missing-chibok-schoolgirls |work=The Guardian |date=3 October 2019}}|2={{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mxcgl|title=''Newsday'' clip: Chibok documentary wins film award|website=BBC World Service |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-19}}|3={{Cite news |agency=Reuters |work=Reuters News |title=VR film documents ordeal of Chibok girls' kidnap|url=https://www.reuters.com/video/2019/04/16/vr-film-documents-ordeal-of-chibok-girls?videoId=538341791&videoChannel=73|access-date=2019-11-25}} }}</ref> The virtual reality documentary tells the story of Yana Galang, whose daughter, Rifkatu, was among the 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 from their school dormitory in Chibok, northeast Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/daughters-of-chibok-tells-an-emotional-story-of-rifkatu-yakubu/rbww2sq|title=''Daughters of Chibok'' tells an emotional story of Rifkatu Yakubu|date=2019-04-15|newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://guardian.ng/life/film/bensons-daughters-of-chibok-goes-to-venice/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Benson's ''Daughters of Chibok'' goes to venice|date=2019-07-27|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-19|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> The film was made to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/daughters-of-chibok-to-feature-at-venice-film-festival/ |title=''Daughters of Chibok'' to feature at Venice Film Festival |date=2019-08-30 |department=Lifestyle |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-19|newspaper=TheCable}}</ref>

== Awards == The documentary won "The Best VR Story" at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2019/venice-virtual-reality/daughters-chibok|title=Biennale Cinema 2019 {{!}} ''Daughters of Chibok''|date=2019-07-18|website=La Biennale di Venezia|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/351300-daughters-of-chibok-wins-award-at-venice-film-festival.html|title=''Daughters of Chibok'' wins award at Venice Film Festival|date=2019-09-09|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-19|newspaper=Premium Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://punchng.com/daughters-of-chibok-makes-it-to-venice-film-festival/|title=''Daughters of Chibok'' makes it to Venice Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-19|newspaper=The Punch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/daughters-of-chibok/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=''Daughters of Chibok''|date=2019-09-14 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-11-19|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|10874892}}

Category:Nigerian documentary films Category:2019 short films Category:2019 films Category:Virtual reality films