Impact Global Ministries have come a long way from their first production I saw – Winds of My Will (2022). There has since been a steady line of improvement in the production value. Their latest entry, A Mile for Ten, is a good film for teenagers and youths. Personally, I wish production outfits would always give a heads up before release regarding the form of their films – a short, feature or series. This one is a short that centres on an Igbo family experiencing tough times financially.
Ada is the protagonist here and was remarkably portrayed by Layomi Adebayo. Furthermore, it was a delight to see drama ministers from both the East and West of Nigeria speak the Igbo language convincingly in my opinion. With a smooth-talking friend like Allison, played by Tomisin Esan, Ada begins to engage in deceit, like a physical child and spiritual baby would, innocently and maybe foolishly, trying to broker a deal with the devil. She thinks she can pitch her tent on the edge of a cliff with no risk of falling off. While some may have escaped in one piece, she unfortunately does not get off the hook.
I believe many can relate with the scenario painted in A Mile for Ten – it may be a struggle to make ends meet, but God knows how to settle His own if they stay true to Him. Ada leans on her wisdom and it gets her just that far. She has some level of warning but refuses to heed. And this should serve as one for us the audience too; we would only be better for trusting God and not worse.
The link to the movie is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvp2pRtkzDA
Till the next review, stay blessed!
Film Credits
A MILE FOR TEN
(January 28, 2024)
37 minutes
Impact Global Ministries
Cast
Layomi Adebayo as Ada
Chioma Chukwulotam as Uloma
Tomisin Esan as Allison
Obi Pius as Ada’s father
Crew
Director
Damilola Fasesan
Writer
Olayinka Akande
Cinematographer
Sesan Afolayan
Editor
Adisa Tijani
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