Filmmaker Set For New Nollywood Movie, They Chose The Sea

United States-based Nigerian born film maker, Nnamdi Kanaga ( The Hail Mary), has announced his latest project, a short film titled “They Chose The Sea” already in its production stage. The upcoming film will follow the tragic story of the 1960 landing mass suicide in 1803.
According to history, the captives chose to drown in the sea than be enslaved in America. According to Kanaga, They Chose the Sea will celebrate the bravely of Igbo people while highlighting the great strength of the people who chose the protection of their god and death over the alternative of life and slavery in foreign land.
This project is not a counter against the horrendous cataclysmic effects of slavery upon black people in America (still going on till this very day) but a very conscious effort to showcase the strength and power of our ancestors as opposed to the predominant narrative of suffering and oppression often associated with film about slavery.