Mortal Inheritance | |
Director: | Andy Amenechi |
Producer: | Zeb Ejiro |
Starring: | Fred Amata, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Kunle Bamtefa |
Music: | Abay Esho |
Runtime: | 104 minutes |
Country: | Nigeria |
Language: | English |
Mortal Inheritance is a Nigerian film produced by Zeb Ejiro, directed by Andy Amenechi and written by Bond Emeruwa.[1]
Mortal Inheritance is a romantic drama about a woman dealing with sickle-cell anaemia. the plot also delves into cultural resistance to inter-ethnic marriages in Nigeria. The protagonist of the story is Kemi, a Yoruba lady with sickle cell anemia, the part was played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. She beats the odds of dying young as a sickle cell carrier and upon reaching adulthood, falls in love with Chike, an Igbo man. When she realised that Chike has the AS genotype or a sickle cell trait, she ends the relationship.[2]