THE KEEPSAKE

Genre: Documentary

Roles: Director, cinematographer, editor

Distributor: Third World Newsreel

When Ikechi's teenage daughter Amarachi returns to her home village in southeast Nigeria from Lagos City pregnant, the pair begins an emotional journey to heal from their traumas, learn to live as a family, and save their estranged relationship.

"The Keepsake" is a visual poem about mothers and daughters that bears witness to survivors and their individual and collective healing journeys.

The Keepsake is a visual poem that honors and bears witness to survivors and their individual and collective healing journeys.