{"id":4074,"date":"2014-12-17T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2014-12-19T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T06:35:52","slug":"photos-from-the-uk-private-screening-of-my-movie-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"Photos From The Private Screening of My Movie ‘DRY’ in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

The private screening of my\u00a0movie \u201cDry<\/em><\/strong>\u201d took place recently\u00a0at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK where part of the film was shot. With over 150 guests in attendance,\u00a0movie enthusiasts and critics from the UK and beyond who attended the event had nothing but words of commendation and praise for DRY which received a resounding 10-minute-standing ovation from the entire audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis film is an opportunity to create an awareness. It is a privilege to be on the project\u201d-<\/em>\u00a0Liz (Benson) Ameye<\/p>\n

With moving, heart-wrenching scenes accompanied by the serious, and often-controversial social matters addressed, many were moved to tears. The special advisor to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDG\u2019s) Dr. Precious Gbeneol<\/strong>, who was in attendance, gave an engaging speech on the effect and importance of the film in terms of social good for not only West Africa, but for the continent as a whole. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberystwyth Prof. April McMahon<\/strong> gave special acknowledgment of the importance of building bridges and connections with Africa and the world to bring these stories to life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“The warm reception at Aberystwyth from the guests at this screening was overwhelming. Listening to people discuss the real issue that the film was based on\u00a0was truly liberating. This is more than just a film. It is a\u00a0movement to change the lives of many young women who suffer from VVF\u201d<\/em>– Director, Producer, Writer Stephanie Linus<\/p>\n

The film stars: Darwin Shaw<\/strong> as Dr. Alex, the legendary Liz Benson Ameye<\/strong> as the Matron, Bill McNamara<\/strong> as Dr. Brown, and introducing Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge<\/strong> as Halima the teenager who had to endure a life not designed for a child: to be married to a man who was more than four times her age. The production of this film was supported by the Office of the\u00a0SA\u00a0to the President on MDGs Nigeria<\/strong>, Aberystwyth University Wales,\u00a0Diamond Woman, Ford Foundation<\/strong> and many more.<\/p>\n

The movie trailer for DRY can be watched through this link–\u00a0bit.ly\/drytrailer<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0The film\u00a0will premier in Nigeria and across Africa in the Spring of 2015.<\/p>\n

Also starring in the film are Olu Jacobs, Tijjani Faraga, Hauwa Maina, Rahama Hassan, Rekiya Attah, Hakeem Hassan<\/strong> and Afamefuna Klint Igwemba<\/strong> (aka Klint da drunk) and many Art students of Aberystwyth.\u00a0The production\u2019s creative team includes director of photography, Angel Barroeta<\/strong>, executive producer, Linus Idahosa<\/strong>, co-produced by Jane Lawalata<\/strong> with Akanimo Odon<\/strong> and Murtza Ali Ghaznavi<\/strong> as line producers and Chinedu Omorie<\/strong> as first assistant.<\/p>\n

Movie goers can follow the film on the official movie site at\u00a0www.themoviedry.com<\/a>, on Facebook at\u00a0www.facebook.com\/themoviedry<\/a>\u00a0or on Twitter with the handle @themovieDry<\/p>\n

Thank you SL Fabz for all your support! Here are some photos from the premiere.<\/p>\n

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The private screening of my\u00a0movie \u201cDry\u201d took place recently\u00a0at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK where part of the film was shot. With over 150 guests in attendance,\u00a0movie enthusiasts and critics from the UK and beyond who attended the event had nothing but words of commendation and praise for DRY which received a resounding 10-minute-standing ovation from the entire audience. \u201cThis film is an opportunity to create an awareness. It is a privilege to be on the project\u201d-\u00a0Liz (Benson) Ameye With moving, heart-wrenching scenes accompanied by the serious, and often-controversial social matters addressed, many were moved to tears. The special advisor to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDG\u2019s) Dr. Precious Gbeneol, who was in attendance, gave an engaging speech on the effect and importance of the film in terms of social good for not only West Africa, but for the continent as a whole. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberystwyth Prof. April McMahon gave special acknowledgment of the importance of building bridges and connections with Africa and the world to bring these stories to life. \u00a0“The warm reception at Aberystwyth from the guests at this screening was overwhelming. Listening to people discuss the real issue that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[341,351,354,352,336,339,356,337,342,105,343,350,347,353,304,338,355,344,345,335,348,349,346,340],"class_list":["post-4074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stephs-lounge","tag-aberystwyth-university-wales","tag-afamefuna-klint-igwemba","tag-akanimo-odon","tag-angel-barroeta","tag-april-mcmahon","tag-bill-mcnamara","tag-chinedu-omorie","tag-darwin-shaw","tag-diamond-woman","tag-dry","tag-ford-foundation","tag-hakeem-hassan","tag-hauwa-maina","tag-jane-lawalata","tag-linus-idahosa","tag-liz-benson-ameye","tag-murtza-ali-ghaznavi","tag-office-of-the-sa-to-the-president-on-mdgs-nigeria","tag-olu-jacobs","tag-precious-gbeneol","tag-rahama-hassan","tag-rekiya-attah","tag-tijjani-faraga","tag-zubaidat-ibrahim-fagge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4131,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions\/4131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}