Nigeria’s first Documentary Emmy-winning filmmaker, Joel ‘Kachi’ Benson, and award-winning veteran actor and producer, Joke Silva, are set to bring Mothers of Chibok to cinemas nationwide beginning February 27th, 2026, in partnership with FilmOne House Entertainment.
While April 2014 is remembered for the abduction of the Chibok school girls, Mothers of Chibok features a narrative about the Women who remained, their resilience, and their fight for justice. The documentary, over the course of a farming season, follows four mothers as they farm their land to fund their children’s education and rebuild the community despite the continued shadow of Insurgency. The release marks the widest theatrical rollout for a locally produced documentary in Nigeria.
Mothers of Chibok is produced by Jamie Patricof, Racheal Halilej, Katie McNeill, Kachi Benson, Samira Mohammad, and Adeyinka Oduniyi. The Executive producers, in addition to Joke Sliva, include Ian Darling, Adam & Melony Lewis, Debbie L. McLeod, among others. Co-executive producers include Marni E.J. Grossman, Ann W. Lovell, Jennifer Pelling, and others. The studios used for production include JB Multimedia, Hunting Lane, and Impact Partners in association with Shark Island Productions.
Joke Sliva praised Kachi for making an incredible movie after watching it. She noted that by listening to the voices and observing the routines of the mothers, the audience gains a deeper understanding of the Chibok tragedy, recognizing it as a story about family, community, and education. She said:
I realized that we don’t often think about these women. We don’t understand what their journey has been. I could not be prouder of a filmmaker like Kachi, whose record of the endurance, resistance, and resilience of the mothers of Chibok will make it harder for future generations to forget what happened to the girls and their families in 2014 and what continues to happen now.
Kachi Bensons intended to move beyond the tragedy headlines because tragedy is just one part of the story, the one that the world is quick to see. Kachi used this documentary to truly show the depth of their strength and resilience, a side of these heroines that the world never sees. This film shows how women have stood and continue to stand as pillars in the Chibok communities, comforting each other, hoping, and working together to make tomorrow better for their children.
Victoria Ogar, the head of distribution at FilmOne Entertainment, expresses excitement about bringing this powerful and hopeful documentary to audiences nationwide. Victoria further said:
We believe there is a growing audience for documentary storytelling in West Africa, and we are excited for them to discover Kachi’s beautiful film, which deserves to be seen in a theatrical environment
Mothers of Chibok premiered at DocNYC and screened at major international film festivals, winning the Encounters AI Jazeera Award for Best African Feature-Length Documentary. The film arrives at a moment of renewed conversation around education, security, and community resilience in Nigeria
From February 27th, the documentary Mothers of Chibok will launch in FilmOne cinemas across Nigeria and Ghana.
Source: Press release from SoMe Solutionns.
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