Mama G, Amaechi Muonagor thrill in Code of Silence

With the current upsurge in the incidents of rape reported across the country, no time seem more appropriate for the release of the movie, Code of Silence. Directed by Emem Isong and produced by her Royal Arts Academy in conjunction with Nollywood Workshops, this movie communicates the issues surrounding rape in Nigeria, at the same time giving the audience a lot to laugh about. How the director achieves so much hilarity in the treatment of a serious issue like that of rape is one of the outstanding things about this movie.

Adanma, who is the lead female is a simple but focused girl whose carefree disposition soon pales into total darkness as she gets raped by a local politician who is possibly older than the her late father.  The aftermath of the violence that this young medical student suffers on the victim, her family, people with whom she has relationships and the whole community is the core of the advocacy of Code of Silence.

In delivering the very cold missive for society to wake up from its sloppy response to the effect of sexual abuse on women, Code of Silence employs remarkable hilarity in the comedic interventions of the duo of Patience Ozokwor and Amechi Muonagor. The movie therefore gives the audience the opportunity to experience a pot-pourri of emotions with a denouement, which calls everyone- men, women, health care providers, community leaders, victims and their families to action.

At the end of it all, the movie challenges the man found in the depreciating act of forcing ladies into intercourse, encourages the victim to challenge the status quo and speak up, (especially as to safe other ladies from exposure) as much as it tasks society to avoid stigma and insist on the punishment of offenders, It is a tool which not only entertains but insists that society must change its attitude to the total wellbeing of its citizens.

Written by Bola Aduwo,  Code of Silence  has an ensemble cast of Patience Ozokwor, Desmond Elliot, Ini Edo, Omoni Oboli, Amechi Muonagor and Shawn Faqua  alongside Makida Moka and Bimbo Peters