# Daughters of Chibok

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{{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](/source/Joel_Kachi_Benson)
| producer       = 
| writer         = 
| starring       = 
| music          = [Cobhams Asuquo](/source/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](/source/virtual_reality) documentary tells the story of Yana Galang, whose daughter, Rifkatu, was among the 276 girls kidnapped by [Boko Haram](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian_(Nigeria))}}</ref> The film was made to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the [Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping](/source/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](/source/TheCable)}}</ref>

== Awards ==
The documentary won "The Best VR Story" at the 2019 [Venice Film Festival](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Nation_(Nigeria))}}</ref>

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

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

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