By Aisha Salaudeen, CNN
The Critics are creating epic sci-fi movies using their mobile phones. From left to right, Ronald Yusuff, Racheal Yusuff, Godwin Josiah, Lawson Titus, Racheal Ken, Rejoice Josiah, Richard Yusuff, Raymond Yusuff and Victor Josiah.
(CNN)Across a rocky landscape, two young girls find themselves running for cover as spaceships fire laser guns into the field.
To survive, both girls, dressed in all black except for a pop of pink boots, are ultimately forced to engage in combat with a Darth Vader lookalike, using their pink and blue lightsabers — sword-like weapons from the “Star Wars” film franchise.
The older girl disappears into thin air as the villain strikes her down and the younger one is left alone to finish the battle.
These dramatic scenes are from a short film, “Another Star Wars Story,” produced by 10 young people based in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, who call themselves The Critics.
Ranging in age from 7 to 27, The Critics have become social media sensations in the West African country by using their mobile phones to create short films with visual effects, or VFX.[…]
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