Award winning British-Nigerian director Michelle Bello (Flower Girl) is set to go back behind the camera to direct her next film project, a 40 minute Family Drama with strong thriller elements titled ‘And the Spirit Slowly Dies’ written and produced by UK based Writer/Producer Dapo Oshiyemi.
The film tells the story of the only daughter of one of the richest and most powerful men in the country. Both father and daughter love and admire each other dearly but when their dreams clash, they embark upon a monumental psychological, emotional and physical battle as they become the biggest obstacle to each other’s happiness.
The film is scheduled to shoot in the latter part of 2015 with a line-up of top talent from Nigeria, South Africa, USA and the UK in front of and behind the camera.
Michelle said of the news “I’m really excited, I never thought my next project would be a short film but when Dapo sent me the script, I was hooked! It is a fantastic script with great characters and I can’t wait to start working with the world class team we’re putting together. I’m thrilled about what we are about to do with this film and for the world to see it.”
Associate Producer Dipo Abdul said- Over the years I have been working quietly behind the scenes with Dapo on many film projects we have in development and I’m delighted that this will be the first of many great films we have in the pipeline to get to a global audience”.
Talking Drum Entertainment will handle distribution strategy and sales.
