So, this film is about a girl in college who gets sexually assaulted by a professor, who's popular, and brings it to the attention of the school and a 'trial' is held by the school administration. Basically a "he said, she said." While I don't put much stock in fictional tellings of a 'true story' ('cause it's rarely accurate to the actual story) this is supposedly based on a documentary where people went undercover at varying universities in Nigeria and Ghana and recorded the interactions made by staff to the undercover student(s). So, in that vein: more true than not however the 'trial' seems total fiction to outline the scenario, which is totally fine.

This film shows very well how one can change a narrative by slightly changing a phrase from a positive to a negative (or vice versa.) The main problem with films like this is they provide two points-of-views when it should provide three but; and I know that's not the easiest thing to do especially since this film doesn't necessarily tell you present-tense and past-tense separately. One has to figure that out for themselves though one can tell in most scenes but not really in all scenes. Now, it's not a great film in the vein I think it was trying to be to resonate the advocacy of bringing attention to the broader issue of the subject matter and that's because in the flashbacks it shows the one point-of-view, and then speaks of a second point-of-view. Meaning: the one point-of-view shown is the truth and the spoken point-of-view is the lie. That's why a third should have been present to be better represented in a more equal telling. It also could have been 20-30 minutes or so shorter and primarily because it kept deviating from the message of the film and added unnecessary fodder.

Overall, it's a good film but not a great film. What makes it not so great is the thriller aspect they added to the last 30 minutes where the professor previously got another girl pregnant and after she had the baby she commits suicide as if a 'shooting gun' scenario is needed for the overall message of the film. It isn't. It never is. The message is what's important but one doesn't need to dilute that message with thriller aspects. This is not to say, in general, it's an untruth but this is a fictional story probably based on a documentary on various people not a single person. Start with that, if one must, not end with it.

More than 11% of all level students experience rape or sexual assault! Only 20% of female students report such incident to authorities. Even though 2/3rd of college students experience sexual harassment in campus, 89% of colleges report no such incident on campuses. (Source: American Association of University Women) And the data in a country like Nigeria is quite appalling! "The majority (69.8%) of the respondents had been sexually harassed, with the main perpetrators being male classmates and lecturers. And requests to do something sexual in exchange for academic favors is 32.2%." (Source: National Library of Medicine) The story contextualizes this horrid issue. It is based on the true events. Good cinematography esp few sceneries from Cape Verde and Senegal... .However, shorter runtime could have made this movie crispier. Also, the script writing lacks subtleness with somewhat middle-of-the-road dialogues. But it is still a MUST watch movie as it still captures the quintessence of the issue and delivers a clear message.

It's a movie with quite a compelling plot I understand that the director sets out to draw us in as the movie goes deeper, but he failed at that by adding some unnecessary scenes and dragging some of it which resulted in it being very slow and gradually uninteresting for the most part You want to like the lead actress and root for her because of her obvious precarious situation, but the acting is not very convincing, nor endearing this failing to make us fully sympathise with her. She doesn't even speak the local language (Yoruba) properly, then why bother?!! Plot holes are so numerous (I won't mention them, to prevent spoilers), it makes it difficult to watch. The movie is so slow and isn't really captivating The cinematography was very fine and the location management was just as good, they took some really nice shots. The set decorations and costume design would have been very good too, but for the laughable Merkin-like wig they had the Professor wear (I mean!!) The movie had a lot of promise, also coming from one of the best directors in Africa, one in whom we'd expect nothing short of quality, but it ended up being below par, and all for 2½ hours? Common!