No UTurn

As a young man director Ike Nnaebue left Nigeria intending to take the route via Benin Mali and Mauritania to Morocco but he was forced to turn back earlier and never made it to Europe In his first documentary No UTurn he retraces the lifechanging journey he made over 20 years ago Along the way he meets those who are taking the same trip and through conversations with them tries to understand what motivates young people today to expose themselves to the dangers of a passage into an uncertain future Most are aware of the dangers of traveling undocumented by road yet more and more are joining the ranks of those who take this risk Overlaid with a powerful poetic commentary and insight into the longreaching impact of a colonial past this selfreflective travelogue unpacks the deep longing of an entire generation in search of opportunities