Every good effort deserves credit, any good movie deserves acknowledgement, and any classical act that characterizes a movie and espouses the inherent message embedded in within deserves recognition, which sums up all that the movie “Mirror Boy” catalogs.

Mirror Boy tells the story of Tijan, a London born teenage African boy (Edward Kagutuzi) who is taken by his mother Teema (Genevieve Nnaji) to visit Gambia for the first time. At a crowded street market called Serekunda, he suddenly becomes separated from his mother and soon finds himself lost in the African wilderness.

Bewildered and confused, he must find his way back. But to that, he must confront his deepest fears and embark on a journey of self-discovery, led by the enigmatic Mirror Boy (Osita Iheme); where the lines between reality and fanstasy, physical and spiritual become forever blurred. His arrival at a small village called Makasutu upsets an evil Queen (Fatima Jabbe) who wields her magical powers against his innocent presence.

Once again, African Movies News begs to question why all recent movies are being premiered in other select regions including the UK, Nigeria and Ghana with the exception of United States where there is arguably the biggest African Movies Market outside of Africa. We think this should be worth considering by the producers and marketers of the movies as well as the distributors in America. We also think there should be an outreach by local distributors in other regions around the world with sizable African Movie fans to get movie premiere much closer. African movies are a celebration of African identity which transcends barriers, so any effort at seamlessly making that a reality should always be encouraged. Have other alternative ideas? Let us hear your view.