Get In Touch
Lagos Nigeria
scarzworld@gmail.com
Ph: +234 814 714 8464
Inquiries
scarzworld@gmail.com
Ph: +234 814 714 8464
Back

Sink

Sink

This is a true story of a 7-year-old boy.

A woman his family considered a friend violated his body. He didn’t know what to call what she was doing. She never asked for his permission.

He told his parents about it, his dad confronted her. She said sorry and went away. He told a friend about it, but he was threatened never to tell anyone again.

She came back after a few years and violated him again. And again. And again.

He was just a schoolboy, a son, a brother, and someone with a bright future.

But in his other world that others didn’t see, he was not in control. he was just a boy, a tool for pleasure. –

In the “water,” I force myself to stay. To live, I have to confront losing a part of me.

The water is my tears from my whole life. Water takes with it everything, tears become part of it.

Leave me alone! I want to drown in the tears, pain, and everything.

Can’t you hear me? Can’t you see me? Can’t you see I’m dying? Save me! –

In our society, we cherish girls’ innocence, we speak up for girls who are abused and violated, and we punish their perpetrators.

Meanwhile, boys will be boys, right? Boys are strong and brave. We don’t need to help them. How can they be victims? And how is it possible for a female to victimize a male?

Underneath the “success” a man achieves, is the trauma and pain he keeps inside.

Because “crying is for women.” If boys are allowed to be vulnerable, then the battle between the sexes doesn’t have to exist.

We are just humans with our individuality, trying our best to survive and thrive.

Filmed by: CHI @la.bruja.serpiente
Edited by: @Scarz._
Directed by: Scarz & Chi
Location: Wikki Warm Springs

Special Thanks to Yankari National Park, Bauchi, Nigeria.

Also, I am still seeking donations to continue my studies at the Ecole Des Sables in Senegal, please consider helping