A young woman diagnosed with HIV defeats her prognosis despite rejection from her community.

Review:

Vanessa (Jackie Appiah) grew up underprivileged in a small town in Nigeria. From a young girl, she assisted her mother during midwifery duties to pregnant women in the community.

When Vanessa became a young adult her mother encouraged her to become a midwife as well, but Vanessa didn’t want to mimic any part of her mother’s life.

History dictated that Vanessa was the result of sex with a sailor and her mother gave birth to more children after she fell in love with Smart (Soibifaa Dokubo). Smart was a womanizer that flirted and flaunted his money and by the time her mother realized that he was just an unemployed, drunken, philanderer, her life was already ruined.

Vanessa had plans to marry Ebiye (Daniel Braide) but her mother was diagnosed with aids and her family became an outcast in the community. Her mother never used gloves during childbirth procedures and it was believed that that’s how she contracted the virus. Vanessa was guilty of the same mistake and she was later diagnosed HIV positive.

The future seemed dim for Vanessa as she was devastated by the loss of her mother and then neglected by Smart and Ebiye. She attempted to take her own life but with a change of attitude and the right support, she discovered a way to turn her life around.