The Boy Who Gave, Allison Precious Emmanuel‘s debut feature, is many things: a showcase of technical prowess, an emotional journey through sacrifice, and most notably, a declaration of arrival from a filmmaker who refuses to compromise his vision, even if it means wearing every hat imaginable.
Writer. Director. Producer. Lead actor. Production designer.
Allison didn’t MERELY make a film; he lived inside it, breathed with it, and emerged on the other side with a project that is undeniably, unapologetically his.
The Boy Who Gave screened at the 14th edition of the African International Film Festival and was nominated in three categories ( Best Actor, Best Director and Best Feature Film).
The Writer Who Knew Every Word
“I knew I could do it,” Allison says simply, when we asked why he took on virtually every creative role. That is the confidence of someone who spent several months with a story, writing and rewriting through seven or eight drafts until he stopped counting.
