Creator wants people to be in ‘Daily Motion’

Dr. Olayemi Champion-Odusola – Dr. Olayemi Champion-Odusola is the creator of “Daily Motion,” a 16-episode series that is in its second season. Photo provided by AppreyPR.
Dr. Olayemi Champion-Odusola – Dr. Olayemi Champion-Odusola is the creator of “Daily Motion,” a 16-episode series that is in its second season. Photo provided by AppreyPR.

 Creator wants people to be in ‘Daily Motion’
By Tia Carol Jones
Olayemi Champion-Odusola M.D. has created a project, “Daily Motion,” that she hopes will enable people to start having conversations about subjects that are sometimes thought about as taboo.

The idea for “Daily Motion” came to Champion-Odusola while she was leading worship one day. She assessed the crowd and they were feeling it, so she wanted to make the session longer. She went to close her eyes and something said, “open your eyes, because under those lifted arms and knees that are bent and all the bodies that are laying prostrate on the floor, is a lot of pain and it’s not being addressed.” It was the longest six and a half minutes for her, after she received that message.

Champion-Odusola realized that while the people at church sing, dance, wear their best clothes, and when asked how they are doing, they say fine. Then, everyone gets in their car and they go back to their baggage.

“The message to me was, there are some sensitive issues we’re not going to be able to address from the pulpit …,” she said.

Because Champion-Odusola had been writing plays all her life, she wanted to present a visual queue for people in the hopes it would resonate with them. The goal is to be as authentic as possible with her depictions of real situations people face, without a façade or mask. She believes living authentically is a start on a path to healing.

“Daily Motion” is in its second season. It includes six 20-25-minute episodes. The first season had ten 20-25-minute episodes. The main character is a couple. The basis of the characters were inspired by people that Champion-Odusola has conversations with and the relational issues they have discussed with her.

“When you start to hear the stories and the points of contention, you can kind of trace them back to the beginning of these relationships. Somehow, we manage to tell ourselves that everything will be OK,” she said.

Champion-Odusola sees a lot of imbalances around actions of faith and the reality of life. She believes there needs to be a blending, a multidisciplinary approach, when talking about issues. As a physician, she is able to bring her creative side to medicine and bring her analytical side to her art.

In the series, Champon-Odusola has scenes where there is therapy session. It is important for that component to be included because it is a tool that could be utilized more often in real life. As the story of the couple unfolds, the lives of everyone else they are in contact with, is revealed.

There also is a Daily Motion Haven of Love on Facebook Live where people can talk about the subjects that are addressed in the series. It allows people to relate to the show and share experiences that parallel the show.

Champion-Odusola created the series hoping it would lead to good conversations and those conversations would lead to healing. At the end of every show, there is a referral for resources.

People can view parts of the first season of “Daily Motion” on Amazon Prime. She is currently deciding where the shows would be available to view.

For more information about “Daily Motion,” visit dailymotionstudios.com.

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