21st April, 2020
Veteran filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan has announced a prospective release date for his anticipated new feature film, sex for grades themed movie.
According to the actor and movie producer, who confirmed the date during a Pulse Instagram LIVE chat said ‘Citation’ is gunning for an August 2020 theatrical release.
Afolayan revealed that while the coronavirus pandemic may have affected production, he is excited that his team had concluded principal photography before the coronavirus influenced lockdown.
“Thankfully, we were able to complete the shooting of the film. We have also started post-production before the entire covid-19 started and we already have a cut but because of the lockdown, things have slowed down,” he said.
The upcoming movie will also be available on Netflix before the year runs out as confirmed by Afolayan who further revealed that he was already in talks with the American streamer.
‘Citation’ is a ”College Drama about a female postgraduate student who has to find a way of dealing with the awkward situation of sexual harassment from a lecturer” It aims to empower women to become successful and stand up for themselves at every point.
Some of the casts include Joke Silvia; Haitian-French actor and model, Jimmy Jean-Louis; Ini Edo; UK-based Nigerian fashion and lifestyle blogger, Temi Otedola; Yomi Fash-Lanso; Ghanaian actor, Adjetey Anang; Gabriel Afolayan; man of Ivorian theater, Bienvenu Neba; veteran broadcaster and actor, Sadiq Daba; upcoming Nollywood actress, Bukunmi Oluwashina; French-Ivorian actor and screenwriter, Raymond Reboul; theatre educator, Toyin Bifarin; and veteran Nigerian film director and actor, Wole Olowomojuore, aka ‘Baba Gebu’.