Nigerian filmmaker,
Kachi Benson, has won the prize for best virtual reality story at the 76th
Venice International Film Festival.
He won the
prize for his film, Daughters of Chibok.
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The documentary
follows the events of the April 2014 abduction of 276 female students from
Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
The central
character is Yana Galang whose daughter was among the kidnapped girls.
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Receiving his
award, Kachi said that he was representing Nigeria and Africa as well as the
idea that important stories must be told.
“With this VR film, all I wanted to do was to take the world
to the women of Chibok.
“Who, five years after their daughters had been kidnapped,
are still living with the incredible pain of their absence.
“I felt it was wrong for us to forget or even doubt and move
on,” he said.
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