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Aissa's Story
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Writer/Director - Iquo B. Essien
Director of Photography - Mike Rosseti
Executive Producers - Emeka Obi, Ime Lewis
Producers - Belynda Hardin, Sue-Ellen Chitunya
Editors - Iquo B. Essien, Takahisa Shiraishi
Sound - David Grinbaum, Jose Frias, Amr Sound
Costume Design - Eniola Dawodu
ADs: Pamela Moriarty, Christopher Zou
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An African immigrant housekeeper and single mother must decide whether to move on with her life or fight when the case against her assaulter is dismissed. Inspired by the New York v. Strauss-Kahn case.
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Cast - Jennifer Tchiakpe, Hadiza Adam, Ebbe Bassey, Doug Barron
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Acting Awards
Acting Award for Jennifer Tchiakpe - First Run Film Festival 2013
Interpretation Prize - Festival Image et Vie, in Dakar, Senegal
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Film Awards
2013 Student Academy Awards,
2015 Africa Movie Academy Awards
2015 Panafrican Film & Television Festival of Ouagadougou
Africa International Film Festival (Best Student Short)
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