Did Nolywood produce mevie about "Silent about Police brutality"?

The ensemble cast of EbonyLife Films 2018 comedy 'Chief Daddy' [YouTube]

Finding Nollywood films about police brutality, amid the EndSARS protests, has proved a herculean task for most.


Nigeria has, in recent times, recorded one of the biggest revolutions since her independence. This revolution saw young people take to the streets calling for the end of Police brutality especially, the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Amid the nationwide outcry, the silence of the film industry could not be more conspicuous.

Well, not exactly. Since 1993, there has been no trending film tackling police brutality as its central theme. 

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