For anyone with an active Instagram presence, it’s nearly impossible not to have chanced upon the promo trailers and posters running for the yet-to-be premiered Peter Sedufia film, ‘Aloe Vera’.
The legit film producer and director Sedufia, dropped the official trailer for his much-anticipated film ‘Aloe Vera’ on Monday, February 17. Enveloped with a stellar cast as well as opted blue and yellow costumes that give viewers a fair understanding of the story line governing the film, ‘Aloe Vera’ reveals a situation of tribal discrimination causing two young adults drowned in the rivers of love not to be together.
Put together in snippets for a character appreciation of the cast, the entire idea of one ethnic group, tribe or country being better than a particular one or others in general is fictionally projected on the production set that draws a line between two families in one community (Aloes and Veras). The Veras wear yellow, while the Aloes wear blue. Each party has its own school hut, provision store, park and a biased ideology passed on from the elderly to the young. For most part of the classroom setting as seen in the trailer, the children are taught to have in mind that their breed are the best and to call for assistance via a whistle blow when the other party trespasses.
In spite of the competition games and education to effectively champion the dislike of one another, love naturally sets in between two young adults and soon-to-be-successors of their family’s legacy. The act of sneaking in to have a chance of seeing each other and also making eye contacts to make their love explicitly known towards one another are all fused in to narrate the difficulty of going against the restrictions of a tribe just to be with the one you love.
With the trailer already setting the tone of the entire plot of the movie, the pondering over question now is ‘Will love win against ethnic discrimination, or vice versa?’
The film stars Nana Ama McBrown, Adjetey Anang, Naa Ashorkor, Akofa Edjeani, Kofi Adjorlolo, Aaron Adatsi, Alexandra Ayirebi-Acquah, Salma Mumin, Roselyn Ngissah, Amanda Jissih, Ken Fiati, Beverly Afaglo, Priscilla Opoku Agyeman, Peter Ritchie and the 2020 AMVCA best supporting actress nominee Gloria Osei Sarfo.
Tickets are officially selling at Silverbird Cinemas (Accra Mall), Westland Shell, Baatsona Total, Tema, Community. 11 Shell, Legon Campus at 50 cedis. ‘Aloe Vera’ premieres on March 6, 2020 Silverbird Cinemas, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm.
