{"title": "Dear Ajayi", "start": "2026-10-30T18:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Rio Cinema", "address": "Kingsland High Street 107, E8 2PB London", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_436.TcsWebTab_437", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the film DEAR AJAYI, certified 12A. The story is set in southwestern Nigeria in the 1990s, where sisters Ade and Titi Ajayi live under the shadow of their late father, shaped by different ideas of duty, faith and freedom. Ade, a devout Christian and the family's breadwinner, struggles to understand her younger sister, an aspiring singer determined to forge her own path. 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