All About Judith Audu’s Documentary On Breast & Cervical Cancer, “Tame The Silent Killer”

Nigerian filmmaker and actress, Judith Audu, has finalised shooting for a documentary titled, “Tame The Silent Killer”, which focuses on creating breast and cervical cancer awareness.

The 30-minute documentary will be premiered in October during the Breast Cancer awareness campaign, after which it will be available to the viewing public on as many platforms as possible.

According to the actress, the documentary which is put together by an all-female crew was conceptualized after she lost a friend to breast cancer and realizing cervical cancer is preventable.

She said, “It was a very painful loss for me and for the loved ones she left behind.

“It was even more painful when I came to realise that is one more death that could have been avoided, if she had acted on it immediately she was diagnosed. I got to also discover breast and cervical cancer is the number 1 killer of women at the moment in Nigeria, it is a problem hitting women and because of how personal the parts we are talking about is, I decided to put together an all-female crew to do this documentary so women would feel free to talk about it.”

She continued, “We got the help of Dr Femi Olaleye, Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Surulere, who is at the forefront of breast and Cervical cancer awareness. During the course of the documentary we got to interview a Gynaecologist; Dr Ngozi Obi, Oncologist; Dr Kehinde Ololade, Radiologist; Dr Biodun Kuti and Pathologist; Dr Sam Keshinro, and Breast Cancer Survivors Mrs Hilda Egboh, Mrs Evelyn Okoloh.”

Other members of the crew aside from Judith Audu, who doubled as both director and producer include: Sarah Tiamiyu, Director of Photography; Uyoyou Adia, 2nd Camera Unit; Ates Brown, Editor; Onu Rosemaryjoy Chiwendu, Sound Recordist; Martina Ofem “April Talker”, Behind-the-Scene pictures; Nkwocha Precious-Flora, Gaffer; as well as Nollywood Actress Omowunmi Dada, Production Assistant.

As a way of ensuring that the message is taken to as far as possible, the documentary will be taken to secondary schools to educate young girls to cultivate the habit of doing constant check, get to know their bodies better and also for them to be aware that cervical cancer can be prevented and to go get vaccinated against cervical cancer.

By Tobi Olusola