Nigeria / 2013 / 118mins / Drama / Igbo

Amaka is an affectionate, independent wife and mother living in a contemporary middle class Nigerian community. She is seven months pregnant, but is resistant to get an ultrasound, to the dismay of her mother-in-law. She comes home from work and greets a Nigerian cleaning lady and young daughter in a house full of long walls and strange angles. Soon, the pressure increases and her mother-in-law warns that the birth of a son is the only chance to carry on their family name and legacy. If no son is born, Amaka’s husband Nonso should take a second wife. The potential second wife - a younger, smaller Nigerian woman - abruptly shows up for breakfast one morning, upsetting Amaka.

Chika Anadu

Chika Anadu was born in Lagos, Nigeria in November 1980. She attended school there before going to the UK in 1997 where she did her 'A' Levels, got her first degree in BA (Hons) Law and Criminology, and an MA in African Studies: Human and Sustainable Development. Having always been an avid film buff from childhood, and having fallen in love with foreign language and arthouse films during her Masters degree, it wasn't until 2006 that Chika realized that she wanted to be a filmmaker. She moved back to Nigeria for good in 2008 to work in TV and Film production. Chika Anadu is a 2010 graduate of New York Film Academy's Four Week and a Berlinale Talent Campus Alumnus. Anadu produces films through her independent company, No Blondes Production. She made her feature film debut with B for Boy (2013), which premiered internationally at the BFI London Film Festival in 2013. The film was also shown at the AFI Fest where it won the AFI Fest 2013 Breakthrough Award with a $5,000 cash prize. B for Boy's South African premiere was held in Durban in July of 2014. Learn More