The Mirror Boy (2011)
The Mirror Boy is a mystical journey through Africa, seen through the eyes of a 12 year old boy, Tijan. After a London street fight, in which a local boy is hurt, Tijan's mother decides to take him back to their roots, to Gambia. On their arrival in Banjul, Tijan encounters a strange apparition, a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing. Seeing the same boy in a crowded street market the next day sets in motion a chain of events, with Tijan finding himself lost. While Tijan's panic-stricken mother struggles to find her son, Tijan is left alone in the company of the enigmatic Mirror Boy, seemingly only visible to him. After a bruising spiritual rite of passage, The Mirror Boy takes Tijan on a mystical journey, but not all is what it seems.
Director: Obi Emelonye
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Genevieve Nnaji as Teema |
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Edward Kagutuzi as Tijan |
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Osita Iheme as Mirror Boy |
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Trew Sider as Rodney Marsh |
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Fatima Jabbe as Queen |
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Emma Fletcher as Miss Nugent |
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Peter Halpin as DC Andrews |
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Aisha Barry as Leema |
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Rohey Camara as Third Journalist |
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Felix Ceesay as Police Seargent |
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Momodu Musa Ceesay as Ballam Musa |
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Ify Chukwu as Police Officer |
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Michael Dara as Corporal |
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Neton De Bandiem as Coronation Dancer |
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Kalilu Drammeh as Second Tribal Warrior |
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Mariama Feh as Forest Queen |
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Awa Gassama as Immigration Officer |
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Patrick Ibe as Coronation Elder |
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Alozie Ifeanyi as Second Royal Guard |
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Prince Ike as Third Royal Guard |
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Lucky Owa Ikechukwu as First Royal Guard |
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Bisi Jaiyeoba as Teaching Assistant |
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John Charles Njie as Samba |
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D'Kachy Obi-Emelonye as Supermarket Boy |
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Oley Saidykhan as Sixth Journalist |
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Victor Carvalho as Chief |
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Dorathy Kamara as Second Journalist |
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Mohammed Amid Kamara as First Reporter |
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Hamba Manneh as First Tribal Warrior |
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Francesca Marston as Tanya |
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Samuel Mendy as Tribal Champion |
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Ogotheovo Merty as Second Reporter |
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Caroline Odogwu as First Air Stewardess |
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Melissa Parke as Second Air Stewardess |
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Yusupha Saidy as Wrestler Boy |
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Ngarise Irene Touray as First Journalist |
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Tabitha Wild as Mrs. Marsh |
| Directing | Obi Emelonye | Director |
| Writing | Obi Emelonye | Writer |
| Camera | Clive Norman | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Obi Emelonye | Original Music Composer |
