THE FILM
Nkiruka, an insecure African American woman, discovers the meaning of her name.
​Nkiruka, a 21-year-old insecure African American woman prepares for a date on Valentine’s Day with her boyfriend Darien. A lover of love, she is excited about celebrating Valentine’s Day for the first time. But her lack of confidence in her looks has had her change her outfit over 10 times, fearing Darien will not accept her for her real self.
Nkiruka heads to the restaurant where he has made reservations in joyful anticipation. There, she waits for him to arrive but he never shows up. Nkiruka goes to his house and finds him getting out of a car with another woman. She quickly jumps to conclusions and ends their relationship.
Three months later, a discovery about her mother’s past has Nkiruka question her treatment towards Darien. When Nkiruka discovers the meaning of her name, she quickly realizes what she must do to break the patterns of broken relationships in her family and open up to receive the love she always wanted.
THE MISSION
Hope.
"In the United States more then 50% of all marriages end in divorce. More then 60% of African American children are raised in single parent households.
My grandmother was a single mother. My mother was a single mother. I am a single mother.
When my daughter was born a year ago, I decided that I would not pass down this legacy of heartbreak to my child. So I went on a journey inside of myself to discover the things I believed about my own self, the things my parents had taught me about relationships, the things society taught me to my worth as a black woman, to go beyond my families patterns and open myself to love."
- Nabila Lester
