Private Project

Hidden Treasures: Badagry 4th Door of Return 2023

For a number of years, the Door of Return ceremony has taken place in Badagry, an ancient coastal town in Lagos State, Nigeria, with a powerful heritage. The 4th and latest edition sees the Diaspora delegation being exposed to new and deeper experiences. "Hidden Treasures" captures the exclusive interviews, traditional ceremonies, a special theatrical performance, and the focal point, the poignant walk along the Slave Route to the Point of No Return.

  • Ronke Macaulay
    Director
  • Ronke Macaulay
    Writer
  • Ronke Macaulay
    Producer
  • Ronke Macaulay
    Executive Producer
  • Abike Dabiri-Erewa
    Executive Producer
  • Michael Chidizie Onah
    Director of Photography/ Drone Operator
  • Solomon Adenekan
    Editor
  • Apollos Onwuka
    Camera Operator
  • Emmanuel Onwuka
    Camera Operator
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 9, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    Nigeria
  • Country of Filming:
    Nigeria
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD 720 mp4
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • YouTube
    Global
    December 16, 2023
Distribution Information
  • Angel Works Media
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Ronke Macaulay

Ronke Macaulay's career has fulfilled her mission to conceptualise, plan and execute creative projects.

In 2015, she began to explore story telling via the medium of film. She was selected for a scriptwriting workshop at AFRIFF 2015, which she followed up with a course on Directing at Film School in South Africa in 2016, working on a couple of film projects as Line Producer and Associate Producer before writing, producing and directing her first solo documentary.

The film was released in early 2017, followed by two more in a Series entitled 'Green Passport' by the beginning of 2019. Further films released between 2020 and 2023 continue to explore the power of the untold story, particularly around the recurring themes of migration, identity and belonging.


Ronke's films have won several awards internationally, and she has also featured in a bestselling book about female directors in Nollywood.

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Director Statement

Film - and specifically the short documentary genre, is the perfect channel to express my love of storytelling, and to share the passion for travel which has been at the centre of my life as a global citizen from a very young age.