Adesuwa Onyenokwe Captured in The Chatroom
Adesuwa Onyenokwe, publisher of Total Woman magazine and the producer of the show ‘Seriously Speaking’, is at the verge of putting into use her Drama degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University in the movie, The Chatroom. Amusingly, her interested was captured beyond just acting in The Chatroom, as she chose to do more than just that.
Onyenokwe revealed to an audience made up of women’s rights advocates, partners, film enthusiasts and the media during the unveiling of The Chatroom in Lagos that she was initially approached by Maysquare Studios to take on an acting role in the movie but after she read the script, she opted to take on the role of Associate Producer because she was passionate about some the issues which the movie addresses, the major one being women’s empowerment.
The Chatroom is a production by Maysquare Studios with Peju Fadirepo as producer with Adesuwa Onyenokwe as associate producer.
Themed around abuse against women, the film, inspired by true-life events will features prominent actors like Damilola Adegbite Attoh, Kanayo O. Kanayo and comedian Akpororo. Also starring in the movie for the first time after a very long time will be international on-air personality and television host, IK Osakioduwa and popular radio show host, Yolanda George Adams fondly called Aunt Landa amongst others. The film will be shot in Lagos, Abuja and the United Kingdom.
On what inspired the movie, Fadirepo said that The Chatroom was borne out of a desire to make social impact, and that movie lovers will be positively impacted and transformed by the movie. It tells the story of Ebiere, to be played by Damilola Adegbite Attoh, a young girl who rises above a childhood of abuse to emerge as a sought after star in early adulthood. She assured that The Chat Room, which is based on a true-life story, is billed to have high entertainment value even as it informs and educate watchers of the issues around sexual abuse of girls. Speaking at the launch, the wife of the former governor of Ekiti State and founder of the African Women’s Development Fund, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, identified with the project as it promotes survival against all odds for women, stressing that the message was timely and that there was no better time for the production of the movie.