GENOMETRICS - The Struggle, The Joy and The Victory of Sickle Cell Warriors
GENOMETRICS explores the struggles, joy, and victory of warriors living with sickle cell disease by showcasing their lives, lifestyles, and lifelines.Sickle Cell Disease is a traumatic inherited blood disorder that affects over four million people in Nigerian alone. People with sickle cell tend to face physical and emotional health complications due to hospital admission, family and societal challenges, and the stigma associated with the disease.
Genometrics depicts the intricate struggles for breath to torrents of pains into the deep sense of victory of sickle cell warriors, as they are called, and shows the rise and fall of living with the condition.
Directed by Olalekan Olafusi