CITATION: Movie-view contest
Task Name: Citation (My View)
Task Description:
A bright student in Nigeria takes on the academic establishment when she reports a popular professor who tried to rape her.
Director: Kunle Afolayan
Country of Production: Nigeria
Languages: Wolof Language, French, English, Yoruba
Production Company: Golden Effect
Released date: October 31 2020
Watch time: 2hrs31mins.
Starring: Temi Otedola, Jimmy Jean louis and Bukunmi Oluwashina
"Citation,” is a drama about sexual assault on college campuses, allegedly based on true events. Though hardly the first production against this widespread problem, it is one film that relays to its viewers a message in a different angle; different from what we see in our institutions today, what should be done in a society if such situation arises.
The story centers on smart and determined college student Moremi (Temi Otedola), who accuses celebrated professor Lucien N’Dyare (a charismatic Jimmy Jean-Louis) of sexual assault. Much of the ensuing drama unfolds as an unnerving tribunal, as university authorities listen to testimony from Moremi, N’Dyare, and other witnesses and advocates.
What I don't really get is why a student will teach her lecturer how to drive an automatic, he could have gone to a driving school to get necessary points than allowing his student.
Her words were not believed in the first instance as they do back and forth with accusations of who is truly the guilty one, since she was arguably very close to her lecturer unlike other students. Some persons argued that she brought the situation on herself, as she was the teacher's pet and favourite students to the envy of some of her colleagues. While some persons blame the lecturer for manipulating his students as it was discovered that Moremi was really not his first victim.
This drama is a good representation of what happens in our present institutions, the only difference is that it is usually the lecturers word against the student, expect concrete evidences are found. Only be bold to pursue what is right like Moremi. It is one drama to watch and not regret it.