I recently just finished watching the movie Baby Farm, and here I'm still reeling from the experience. If I'm being candid, I must say without any atom of doubt that it's arguably one of the best Nollywood movies I've seen in recent years, and I'm saying this not only because it's a captivating masterpiece but also because it carries a powerful message that touches on one of society's disturbing anomalies, where the pursuit of children and money leads to unsettling realities. Baby Farm is a Netflix series based on the story of Adanna, a pregnant young girl who was left to fend for herself after being chased away by her parents and the parents of the person responsible for her pregnancy.
It's very rare to see movies nowadays tackle one of the tough issues we're facing in our world today, and I must say I appreciate the team for being bold enough to do this and not follow the multiple movies storyline that are mainly just based on trends we've seen in Nollywood nowadays, such as love, sex, traditional heritage (which is still fine), and the like. Each of the cast members of this movie gave an outstanding performance as they brought depth into their characters, making me sit on the edge of my seat from the first episode till the fifth.
The series captures how Adanna found her way to Lagos from the village in search of the person who impregnated her, and when she couldn't locate him, she, one way or another, found her way to a renowned NGO(The Evans Foundation) that, to the outside world, is helping women and also serves as a place prospective mothers can adopt and overall a philanthropy centre. Unknown to the outside world, it's a baby farm that's exploits women, where whenever any pregnant girl enters, she will ultimately be trapped and unable to get out. Each time she gives birth, she's being impregnated by the staff of the NGO so they can keep making more babies to be sold out to rich folk, but to the public, it's adoption.
Realizing she's in the wrong place, Adanna tried to leave but was made to understand she can't, and she went on to try to escape multiple times, without success, but she kept on trying till it yielded the right results that brought about salvation to everyone held captive in the NGO. That's all thanks to her friend Ebu, although there's a lot to say about Ebu herself, but then I'll leave you to watch and get the full gist yourself, but one thing I can assure you is that you won't regret any minute spent watching the movie.
Overall, I must say that this is a thought-provoking series that explores themes of exploitation, systemic corruption, and maternal instinct, not forgetting how it captures the heartbreaking reality of parents who, out of anger, throw their pregnant daughters out, probably because they felt such a girl has brought shame to their family by getting pregnant out of wedlock. I think this is wrong, because in doing so, they fail to consider how these girls will survive on their own and the kind of life that awaits them out there.
Because of how well I enjoyed the series, I'd be rating it 5/5.