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Sweet Mother

Country: UK, Language: English, 14 mins

  • Director: Zena Igbe
  • Writer: Zena Igbe
  • Producer: Rico Johnson-Sinclair

CGiii Comment

Efosa loves his mom. But he also loves Anwar. Sweet Mother is a film questioning British-Nigerian identity, cultural rejection and sexuality in the North of England.


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Cast & Characters

Tolu Ajayi as Efosa
Yasmin Keita as Zogie
Kemi Lofinmakin as Efe
Zee Singh as Anwar
Kyle Toussaint-Gyampo as Rowan
Tracey Vanessa Brown as Auntie
Brian Darwin Taylor as Uncle