{"id":198414,"date":"2025-05-19T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-my-mother-is-a-witch-set-to-hit-cinemas-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:58:00","slug":"nigeria-my-mother-is-a-witch-set-to-hit-cinemas-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-my-mother-is-a-witch-set-to-hit-cinemas-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: &#8216;My Mother Is a Witch&#8217; Set to Hit Cinemas Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">The much-anticipated psychological drama &#8220;My Mother Is a Witch&#8221; is slated for a nationwide cinema release from May 23, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"36\">Written and directed by acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker Niyi Akinmolayan, the film stars Efe Irele, Mercy Aigbe, Timini Egbuson, and Neo Akpofure in a gripping tale of family trauma, buried secrets, and the difficult path toward forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"46\">Produced by Anthill Studios and FrameFlixHQ, the film delves into the emotional aftermath of childhood pain, exploring the complexities of&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202505190410.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Nigeria\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The much-anticipated psychological drama &#8220;My Mother Is a Witch&#8221; is slated for a nationwide cinema release from May 23, 2025. Written and directed by acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker Niyi Akinmolayan, the film stars Efe Irele, Mercy Aigbe, Timini Egbuson, and Neo Akpofure in a gripping tale of family trauma, buried secrets, and the difficult path toward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":198415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[258,256,18655,8032,7753,8617,257,4687,393,7106,254,10704],"class_list":["post-198414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-cinemas","tag-hit","tag-mother","tag-nationwide","tag-news","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-news","tag-set","tag-south-africa-today","tag-witch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}