Peter Okojie

Ayisat Oriyomi is a 23yrs old, wife, seamstress, mother, and boxer living in the Mile 12 area in Lagos, Nigeria. Through determination and grit, Ayisat trained and fought her way to a spot at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Breaking Forth is a short doc about a local hero competing for her country and fighting for the life she wants.

The touching, compelling story of an African American military veteran’s journey to Nigeria’s Badagry slave port—coined “The Point of No Return”—as he walks the same path as his ancestors.