Beautiful Canadian
born Ghanaian actress who has received several awards and nominations,
including the awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2010
African Movie Academy Awards and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at
the African Movie Academy Awards in 2007, tested positive for HIV!
This was according to the script in the
new movie, 'Stigma' in which Jackie Appiah stars as Vanessa. 'Stigma'
also features veterans in Nollywood like Hilda Dokubo, Emeka Ike, Emeka
Duru and Ngozi Nwosu among others. It was produced and directed by
multiple award winning Nigerian filmmaker Dagogo Diminas.
'Stigma' is set for release this December.
The movie is a drama about ignorance and
the consequences of carelessness. But it as well portrays the power to
overcome desperate situations in life, to burst one's bonds and finally
to be what you want to be.
The life that surrounds Vanessa in the small community in Obonoma is
manageable. Her mother, Ibiso, works as the local midwife, she is the
only child of an already finished relationship and her mother's job
permits her to go to school.
There are few obligations for her until
her mother decides to accept the rampant promises of Smart Bob Manuel
and marry him. Quickly this new stepfather shows his real face including
his penchants for other women, stealing the mother's money and spending
it on his extensive journeys to the local bar. Finally his foolish ends
in the house and in the arms of Ibiso's best friend.
Vanessa's childhood come to an abrupt
end when her mother becomes ill, first without knowing the reason, and
Vanessa needed to work in her mother's profession to support the family
with now two more little children. She must learn about the enormity of
ignorant thinking when a doctor and very good friend of hers diagnosed
her mother AIDS positive. She needed the support of the community
including family members and her stepfather who ostracize her mother and
her. What happens next? Are we learning as a society? 'Stigma' has a
lot of lessons for one and all!
*Additional information from nigerianfilms.com was used in this report
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