Relentless
New York African Film Festival 2012
April 11 - 17, 2012
Centerpiece Selection! Filmmaker in person! Plus a live dance performance by Khaleah London.
A former peace-keeping soldier in Sierra Leone battles the scars of war upon his return to the throbbing megacity of Lagos in this haunting story about loneliness, love and self-discovery
Centerpiece Selection! Filmmaker in person! Plus a live dance performance by Khaleah London.
Obi is a peace-keeping soldier in worn torn Sierra Leone, where he meets Blessing a Sierra Leonean woman. His life is devastated when he finds Blessing mutilated by rebels. His only option is to end her misery. On his return to Lagos, Obi is a man battling with the scars of war. By day he runs a small security company with Ola, his best friend and fellow war veteran; at night he walks the lonely streets of Lagos. A haunting story about loneliness, love and self-discovery set in Africa’s throbbing megacity Lagos, Relentless delicately explores the effects of war and loss.
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