An
original screenplay by Teresa Schaeffer & Peter Lancett
EKUNDAYO
When a country is blessed
with countless riches, is it worth the sacrifice of its own children to grasp
for the money?
...Sierra
Leone. As young teenagers, ENO and OBI are the best of friends, but they
are kidnapped by a rebel guerrilla group and initiated and brutalized into becoming
vicious child soldiers. OBI becomes a killer, but ENO grieves for all the lives
that are lost. During a village raid, ENO encounters RANDA, a girl from his
past. Realizing that a better future, beyond the life of the guerilla army awaits
them, ENO escapes, taking RANDA with him. As they flee for the safety of a UN
refugee camp, OBI is sent out to track down and kill his old friend...
EKUNDAYO
is an original story and screenplay from TERESA SCHAEFFER & PETER LANCETT
A work
of fiction, Ekundayo nevertheless speaks of the violent horror of life in
many African countries, where the lives of countless children count for nothing
and money is everything.
EKUNDAYO
is a screenplay in development - watch this space...
