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0.4

Bariga Sugar

  • Country:

    Nigeria

  • Genre:

    Short Film Drama

  • Directed by:

    Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo

  • Produced by:

    Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo, Ikenna Edmund Okah

  • Cast:

    Halimat Olarewaju, Tunde Azeez, Tina Mba, Lucy Ameh, Blessing Samuel, Gregory Ojefua, Brutus Richard

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Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo

Ese is a reclusive 8-year-old girl living in Bariga Sugar – a ghetto brothel in Bariga, Lagos. Her mother Tina, is one of Bariga Sugar’s working women. 10 year old Jamil and his mother Hanatu move into the brothel. Ese and Jamil begin an unlikely friendship. Bariga Sugar is a d

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8.8

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0.4
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Ese is a reclusive 8-year-old girl living in Bariga Sugar - a ghetto brothel in Bariga, Lagos. Her mother Tina, is one of Bariga Sugar's working women. 10 year old Jamil and his mother Hanatu move into the brothel. Ese and Jamil begin an unlikely friendship. Bariga Sugar is a drama short film directed by Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo and produced by Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo and Ikenna Edmund Okah.

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Critic Reviews (6)

8.8
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Critic Score Distribution
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Lowest score:
Average score: 10.0
10.0
10.0
  1. Positive: 6 Out of 6
  1. Mixed: 0 Out of 6
  1. Negative: 0 Out of 6
Critical Consensus: Generally favorable.
17

Bariga Shuga (Film)

06 Jun 2017
10.0
When eight-year-old Ese, daughter of Tina, meets Jamil in the shanty they call home, flooded with women of easy virtue parading themselves in scanty clothing, the last thing she thinks of is a friendship that would change her. Her mother thinks she s ...
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creetiq.com

01 May 2017
10.0
Bariga Sugar is a lovely story about relationships. Not the kind that you think of when you hear the word ‘relationships’ but it’s the most simple kind. Bariga Sugar is Madam Sugar’s version of a brothel staged in a face-me-I-face-you residen ...
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Native Magazine

18 Mar 2017
10.0
“My mummy has plenty friends… but me I don’t have any friends.” Many kinds of women have been portrayed in Nigerian cinema but none has been more poorly treated than the sex worker. In a deeply religious country like ours, with its influence ...
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Dala.xyz

28 Feb 2017
10.0
For some days now, I always saw the hashtag #BarigaSugar. It was a short film featuring Tina Mba. So I favourited a tweet and just remembered now to go back to it. I wish I did not delay for this long. Bariga Sugar is a 21-minute short film Set in th ...
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Culture Custodian

28 Feb 2017
10.0
Not many Nigerian movies tackle uncommon and real scenarios, we are lucky Bariga Sugar is one of those movies setting themselves apart. Set in a brothel in the slums of Lagos, Ifeoma Chukwuogo’s short film identifies and explores loneliness with a ...
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User Reviews (1)

0.1
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User Score Distribution
Highest score:
Lowest score:
Average score: 1.0
1.0
1.0
  1. Positive: 0 Out of 1
  1. Mixed: 0 Out of 1
  1. Negative: 1 Out of 1
Users' Consensus: Undecided (waiting for 2 more votes)
1

Obinna Igwe

13 Jun 2017
1.0

Not creative enof

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Released Date:

February 23rd, 2017
Executive Producer:

Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo
Screenplay:

Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo, Ikenna Edmund Okah
Cinematography:

Ademola Soares
Editor:

Ifeoma Nkiruka Chukwuogo
Production Manager:

Uduak-Obong Patrick
Sound:

Dayo Thompson, Murphy Abdulazeez
Music:

Alex Zitto, Inferno
Original Score:

Ré Olunuga
Production Company:

Fizzy K Pictures
Runtime:

21 minutes
Language:

English

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