A Quiet Monday

When the leader of a secessionist group in south-eastern Nigeria is jailed, his loyalists mandate a compulsory "sit-at-home' on Mondays in protest. Siblings Kamnonu and Ogbonna face danger when they defy the Monday restrictions.

Cast

Uzoamaka Power

as Kamnonu

Emmanuel Igwe

as Ogbonna

Ozioma Ijele-Ejiofor

as Aunty Nneka

Daniel Ngozika

as Calistus

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