Nollywood filmmaker Doris Ariole’s film, Benevolence, took centre stage in Orlando, Florida, USA, as she unveiled her first Christian movie in the United States.
Benevolence earned a place in Hollywood after it was selected and nominated for ‘Most Inspirational Feature Film’ at the International Christian Film Festival in Orlando, April 2016.
Benevolence will be screened for two consecutive weekends, starting August 12 in Orlando.
The filmmaker said Benevolence, a movie in the genre of Christian romance, is about a young woman called Ruth, her tenacity to hold on to her faith in God despite hard times, to keep her hope alive for a better tomorrow and insist on the kind love that she believes she deserves.
The film is partly inspired by Ruth and Boaz’s story in the Bible, but spiced up in a thought-provoking and incredible storytelling manner.
It features top acts in Nollywood including Kalu Ikeagwu, Ijeoma Peters, Emeka Smith(the comedian), Tim Godfrey (award winning gospel artist), Patrick Doyle, Chioma Nwosu and model-singer Fragrance Kayoh.
On why she ventured into Christian movie, Doris said, ‘I make Christian movies because God called me to do so. Christian movies weren’t my initial plan, I just wanted to make ‘morally correct movies’.
