The Story⚡
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me… or will they?
Lota Chukwu’s five-episode anthology series, Sticks and Stones, examines how one conversation can transform relationships, love, family ties, friendships, and personal identity.
Tell Me More
Sticks and Stones is a five-episode anthology series written, directed, and produced by Lota Chukwu through her company Cowrie Films. The series is structured as five standalone stories linked by theme rather than plot. It centres on relationships, love, family, friendships, identity, and faith. Each episode hinges on a single exchange that forces characters to examine what they value.
The cast brings together familiar faces from Nigerian screen work. Ireti Doyle, Bimbo Manuel, Femi Branch, Uzor Arukwe, Stan Nze, Meg Otanwa, Teniola, Chimezie Imo, Tope Olowoniyan, and Kelechi Udegbe appear across the episodes. The mix spans veterans with decades of stage and screen experience and actors known for recent lead roles, giving each story a grounded, lived-in feel.
Key Background
Lota Chukwu, born Ugwu Lotachukwu Jacinta Obianuju Amelia on 29 November 1989 in Nsukka, Enugu State, grew up mainly in Benin City. She studied Agricultural Economics and Extension Services at the University of Benin before training at the Royal Arts Academy in Lagos. She first gained wide attention as Kiki, the sharp-tongued friend in the long-running comedy series Jenifa’s Diary (2015–2018). Since then, she has appeared in features such as The Arbitration, The Royal Hibiscus Hotel, Fine Girl (as lead), and Falling, among others.
Alongside acting, she has steadily moved into writing, directing, and producing. Her short films include Small Bants (2020), David (2021), and 37 to Go (2022). She runs Cowrie Films, the company behind Sticks and Stones, where she also serves as writer, director, and producer.
In Summary
Sticks and Stones series is about ordinary people facing decisions that turn on what is said and what remains unsaid. It premieres on March 1 on Lota Chukwu’s YouTube channel.
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