SEASON 1: SIMI (2011)
‘Simi’ is a young girl who experiences the horrors and repercussions of rape in rural Nigeria. At 18, and fresh out of high school in the village of Agbome, Simi dreams of going to the University in the city and marrying her high school sweetheart, Henry.
However, those dreams are shattered when her innocence is stolen as she is raped by Efe, her close friend Lillian’s brother. Shattered, bruised and emotionally battered, Simi has to decide if to report the incidence or suffer in silence.
How will her parents handle it? Will Henry still love and adore her? Will Efe ever pay for his sins? These questions haunt Simi as she battles with her self-loathing. Then everything goes from bad to worse when she discovers she is pregnant.
Rejected and betrayed by the ones she loved, hers is a heart-wrenching tale of dreams broken and hopes dashed, and of the emergence of a fighter from the ashes of defeat.
‘Simi‘ stars a stellar cast that includes Belinda Effah playing the lead role of Simi, Tina Mba and Kayode Odumosu (a.k.a Pa Kasumu) as her mother and father respectively, and other shining lights like Jide Kosoko, Nobert Young, Kate Adepegba, Ireti Osayomi-Bakare and Gloria Young.
The SIMI story is now available on DVD. For more information on how to purchase, please contact CREN on 08095604381
SEASON 2: A STEP TOO FAR (2012)
She is beautiful and stylish but with a quiet demeanor and very unassuming. She prefers the quiet life and tries to hide from the spotlight which her father’s fame and fortune occasionally casts her way. However, she has been very unfortunate in love as time and again, she gets heartbroken…
This is the story of Junnai Aleiro, 29, in ‘A Step Too Far’ who is the MD of Addendum, a leading brand management and advertising agency in Lagos that prides itself on “adding the extra touch”. Born to a wealthy industrialist and former ambassador of Nigeria to Japan, Ambassador Alfred Aleiro and his wife, Miriam, Junnai has always had the best in life.
With lots of pressure coming from her parents to get married, as she was not getting any younger, she gave in when she met Charles.
Charles is a TV presenter/actor/compere. He is boisterous and charming and in no time, quickly sweeps Junnai off her feet. Within a few months of their meeting, he pops the question, and they are soon married and have a daughter.
Junnai however finds out soon enough that Charles isn’t exactly the gentleman she thought she had married and quickly realizes that she has been in bed with a stranger and this may cost her all she has … even her life.
Starring: KC Ejelonu as Junnai, Wole Ojo as Charles
Also starring: Carol King, Paul Adams, Yemi Solade, Kassandra Odita, Zerziya Wilson, Hakeem Rahman
SEASON 3: GIRLS ONLY (2013)
Jonas Obi and his wife Matilda are blessed with three lovely daughters, Amanda, Belinda and Cassandra. Jonas, a banker paints the picture of the perfect husband and loving father. However, beneath the facade of the seemingly happy home us the turmoil of Jonas’ inner desire for a male child.
This desire is further fueled by the persistent nagging of his mother who wants her only son to sire an heir that will continue the family name. With this in mind, Jonas looked forward with great expectation to the delivery of the fourth child as his wife Matilda was already in the last stages of her third trimester and fast approaching her delivery date. Ultrasound scan indicated that a boy was on the way and the couple prepared earnestly for his arrival. Jonas hopes were dashed however, as his wife gave birth to another girl christened Daniella
While still trying to come to terms with his disappointment and his mother’s nagging, Jonas loses his job and the pressure becomes too much to bear as he can no longer cater for his family. He decides to use his still valid visa to leave the country, just to get away from the pressure. He leaves a note for Matilda stating that he will be back after a while. A ‘while’ soon stretches into 18 long years without any contact.
‘Girls Only’ tells the tale of Amanda, Belinda, Cassandra and Daniella as they battle in their own different ways with the suppressed feelings of rejection that their father’s departure created 18 years before. The story highlights the discrimination and rejection that the girl child faces in the African society and how it can create a lifelong effect on their development and social integration.
Girls Only stars Kate Adepegba, Kehinde Bankole, Mary Lazarus, Odenike Odetola, Omowunmi Dada, dance queen Kafayat “Kaffy” Shafau-Ameh and a host of other bigwigs in the Nigerian film and television industry.
The story was written by Tubosun Olasimbo and directed by the young and talented Adeola Osunkojo
SEASON 4: CAGED (2014)
‘Caged’ tells the story of Tosan Eboh, a young lady who has been awaiting trial in a Nigerian prison for murder, and Olaitan Akinlotan, the ambitious state counsel with a troubled marriage, who ensures she gets a death sentence.
Caged explores the lives of two women with very different backgrounds and very different stories who find themselves trapped in their individual cages of pride, hate and distrust for life, as well as contempt for one another. It doesn’t take very long before they realize that they have a mutual enemy and that enemy isn’t each other.
Caged is the 4th title story in the Tales of Eve series. Caged stars a brilliant collection of brilliant Nigerian televisIon stars like Bayray McNwizu, Tana Adelana, Jide Kosoko, Jaiye Kuti, Okey Ozoeshi, Bukky Odunote, Toyin Osinake
The story was written by Chinny Ugoji and Directed by Obed Ekele
SEASON 5: THANKS FOR COMING (2015)
‘Thanks for Coming’ is set in a glamorous world of three undergraduates, Irene, Boma and Eric whose paths cross by providence, but become intertwined by the circumstances that life throws their way as they navigate their way through university.
Irene and Boma are completely different girls who form an unlikely friendship. Irene is your ultimate femme fatale. A 300 level student of Business Administration whose painful past turned into an unrepentant runs girl. Boma on the other hand is a young jambite who faces family problems and financial constraints.
Fate brings to the fore an inevitable friendship as Irene is forced to confront with the shadow of her past through Boma who is about to become involved in the illicit trade of their bodies.
Irene’s life takes a different turn when she falls in love with her classmate Eric, a young intelligent man. Eric’s relationship with Irene brings Eric more heartbreaks than he envisaged.
As Irene becomes more involved with Eric, she longs to live a clean life. But the question is…Will her love for Eric win over her desire for wealth?
The path these three students recklessly tread is much steeper and darker than they imagine as it is one in which they may be unable to find their way back.
NOW SHOWING: THE PRESENT PAST (2016)
‘The Present Past’ is the latest installment in the award-winning Tales of Eve anthology series. The story is based on an urban legend of souls returning form the dead to complete unfinished tasks. It tells of the myth of the Akudaya, the restless soul of one who has met an untimely death.
The series unfolds with the couple, Dave and Denise, a suspicious husband, a wife with several secrets and the hidden truths that stand in-between them. Dave’s suspicions grow by the day as he digs deeper into his wife’s past and a series of truths are soon revealed.
Their next door neighbours, Tunde and Jummai are not devoid of trauma and secrets either. Tunde, a man with much to hide, has his misgivings about Jummai’s mother, Mama and her unexplainable hallucinations which make him uneasy. On the other hand, Mama’s hallucinations seem to point fingers at a tragedy that is about to unfold, at a hidden truth.
As their lives seem to fall apart and the secrets of their past unfolds, they end up feeling trapped. Trapped in the mystery behind the Akudaya myth.
The stellar cast include Keira Heywatch as Denise, Kachi Nnochiri as Dave, Nonso Odogwu as Tunde, Sophia Mohammed as Jummai, Laura Fidel as Joy and veteran actress Liz Ameye as Mama.
