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The Truth About Widowhood in Nigeria
Till Death Do Us Part - The Movie
Till Death do us Part is a
thirty minute documentary which tells the heart-wrenching
story of three widows in eastern Nigeria who suffered harmful
traditional widowhood practices.
Nneka, a subsistence farmer, Uche, a sports
coach, and Celestina, a housewife, give a personal account
of the typical trials and demeaning rites that widows are
forced to undergo.
The women reveal their deep emotional, psychological,
physical, and economic scars as well as the social stigma
associated with widowhood.
Traditional rulers, the clergy, women leaders,
lawyers, social workers and other community groups comment
on widowhood rites, their history and social implication,
as well as the need for change.
The film points to two progressive grassroots
organisations that are assisting widows with emotional and
legal counsel, training and small-scale loans to help them
break the cycle of bondage.
Till Death do us Part was produced
by Communicating for Change for the 50th Anniversary
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with funding
from the Television Trust for the Environment & the European
Union. Clips of the film were shown in Paris on December
10, 1998, at a concert to mark the occasion, which was attended
by the UN Commissioner for Human Rights.
Till Death Do Us Part won the silver certificate
at the 1999 Prix Leonardo International Multimedia Festival
in Italy.
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