| Otiti | |
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| Directed by | Ema Edosio |
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Running time | 120 |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Languages | Nigerian Pidgin English |
Otiti is a 2022 Nigerian drama film directed by Ema Edosio who also co-wrote the screenplay with Chijioke Ononiwu. It follows a young seamstress who confronts long-buried family trauma after seeking out her estranged, ailing father. [1]
Otiti centres on a withdrawn seamstress living on the outskirts of a Nigerian city, who is preparing for a career-defining opportunity when she discovers she needs her original birth certificate to formalise her fashion business. The search for this document compels her to reconnect with the father who abandoned her as a child, drawing her into fraught encounters with his new family and forcing her to revisit painful memories. [2]
As she assumes responsibility for her father's care, Otiti navigates resentment from her half-brothers and the weight of economic and emotional precarity, reflecting the broader struggles of many urban Nigerians. The story emphasizes themes of intergenerational trauma, duty, and the limits of reconciliation, subverting common melodramatic tropes of a lost child joyfully reunited with a wealthy parent. [3]