20th March, 2015
Daniels Ekugo
In The Music, a movie by Phoenix Entertainment, is to be premiered on 26 March. The movie making a bold entry into Nigeria’s film industry is basically a film that uses music to communicate its theme.
Chibuzor Afurobi, director of the new flick, said the movie is entirely a work of fiction that mirrors present-day Nigeria.
According to him, the movie is innovative in the Nigerian movie context as it is the first movie that actually focuses more on music to interpret roles as well as the importance of music in the everyday living of Nigerians.
The movie features fast rising acts like Keira Hewatch, Chelsea Eze, Beverly Naya and Tomi Odunsi.
The movie tells the story of two sisters, Ihuoma (Keira Hewatch) and Nnenna (Chelsea Eze) who lost their mother to lung cancer at an early age.
Life becomes very complicated for them. Despite life’s difficulties they had to survive the harsh realities of a big city. They journey through this musical quest finding happiness and comfort as they make friends and enemies along the way.
The movie also features popular female singer, Omawumi Megbele.