The Mirror Boy

The story

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.

Cast

G Genevieve NnajiTeema E Edward KagutuziTijan O Osita IhemeMirror Boy T Trew SiderRodney Marsh F Fatima JabbeQueen E Emma FletcherMiss Nugent P Peter HalpinDC Andrews A Aisha BarryLeema R Rohey CamaraThird Journalist F Felix CeesayPolice Seargent M Momodu Musa CeesayBallam Musa I Ify ChukwuPolice Officer

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M Michael DaraCorporal N Neton De BandiemCoronation Dancer K Kalilu DrammehSecond Tribal Warrior M Mariama FehForest Queen A Awa GassamaImmigration Officer P Patrick IbeCoronation Elder A Alozie IfeanyiSecond Royal Guard P Prince IkeThird Royal Guard L Lucky Owa IkechukwuFirst Royal Guard B Bisi JaiyeobaTeaching Assistant J John Charles NjieSamba D D'Kachy Obi-EmelonyeSupermarket Boy O Oley SaidykhanSixth Journalist V Victor CarvalhoChief D Dorathy KamaraSecond Journalist M Mohammed Amid KamaraFirst Reporter H Hamba MannehFirst Tribal Warrior F Francesca MarstonTanya S Samuel MendyTribal Champion O Ogotheovo MertySecond Reporter C Caroline OdogwuFirst Air Stewardess M Melissa ParkeSecond Air Stewardess Y Yusupha SaidyWrestler Boy N Ngarise Irene TourayFirst Journalist T Tabitha WildMrs. Marsh