A Hollywood Boko Haram Inspired Dramatic Thriller – Rise – Is In The Works

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A dramatic thriller inspired by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is in the works, Deadlineis reporting.

The movie, produced by Eric B. Fleischman of Defiant Studios alongside Maurice Fadida of Kodiak Pictures, “follows an eighteen-year-old Nigerian princess who allows herself to be kidnapped by the Boko Haram in a harrowing attempt to save her younger sister, eventually going head to head against Boko Haram’s most dangerous and calculating leader.”

The movie stars Sasha Morfaw, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Sufe Bradshaw, Sydelle Noel, Peter Mensah, and is directed by Maritte Go who co-wrote the film with Broderick Engelhard.