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Details have been announced for Nxt: Africa Edition, the free virtual event program open to those eager to move forward with careers in sports, entertainment and fashion, with a focus on the emerging African market.
Live sessions kick off Jan. 26 and continue through Feb. 4 while featuring such notables, thought leaders and artists as Virgil Abloh, Zozi Tunzi, Laolu, Amaarae, Amadou Gallo Fall, Kemi Adetiba, Opal Tometi, and Aweng Chuol, among others. The program is homegrown as it sparked out of an idea from Endeavor assistant Adeola Bakre. Endeavor Social Impact’s Romola Ratnam helped pilot the program.
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Live sessions kick off Jan. 26 and continue through Feb. 4 while featuring such notables, thought leaders and artists as Virgil Abloh, Zozi Tunzi, Laolu, Amaarae, Amadou Gallo Fall, Kemi Adetiba, Opal Tometi, and Aweng Chuol, among others. The program is homegrown as it sparked out of an idea from Endeavor assistant Adeola Bakre. Endeavor Social Impact’s Romola Ratnam helped pilot the program.
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- 1/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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Details have been announced for Nxt: Africa Edition, the free virtual event program open to those eager to move forward with careers in sports, entertainment and fashion, with a focus on the emerging African market.
Live sessions kick off Jan. 26 and continue through Feb. 4 while featuring such notables, thought leaders and artists as Virgil Abloh, Zozi Tunzi, Laolu, Amaarae, Amadou Gallo Fall, Kemi Adetiba, Opal Tometi, and Aweng Chuol, among others. The program is homegrown as it sparked out of an idea from Endeavor assistant Adeola Bakre. Endeavor Social Impact’s Romola Ratnam helped pilot the program.
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Live sessions kick off Jan. 26 and continue through Feb. 4 while featuring such notables, thought leaders and artists as Virgil Abloh, Zozi Tunzi, Laolu, Amaarae, Amadou Gallo Fall, Kemi Adetiba, Opal Tometi, and Aweng Chuol, among others. The program is homegrown as it sparked out of an idea from Endeavor assistant Adeola Bakre. Endeavor Social Impact’s Romola Ratnam helped pilot the program.
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- 1/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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When Nigerian cinemas reopened in September after a months-long lockdown, Moses Babatope, co-founder of the distributor and production company FilmOne Entertainment, began looking ahead to a busy fall season that could get the local industry back on track.
“We were just beginning to see a recovery,” Babatope says, with “Fate of Alakada” — the third installment in Toyin Abraham’s blockbuster Nollywood franchise, directed by Kayode Kasum — bursting out of the gate after an Oct. 1 Nigerian Independence Day release. A slew of highly anticipated Nigerian titles were to follow. “Local films started driving our recovery. Whereas everybody was concerned about Hollywood films, we started seeing local films driving the return of cinemas,” he adds.
But days later, Nigeria erupted in nationwide protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious police unit with a long record of brutality, eventually leading to wider demonstrations against corruption and police violence. Security forces turned on peaceful protesters,...
“We were just beginning to see a recovery,” Babatope says, with “Fate of Alakada” — the third installment in Toyin Abraham’s blockbuster Nollywood franchise, directed by Kayode Kasum — bursting out of the gate after an Oct. 1 Nigerian Independence Day release. A slew of highly anticipated Nigerian titles were to follow. “Local films started driving our recovery. Whereas everybody was concerned about Hollywood films, we started seeing local films driving the return of cinemas,” he adds.
But days later, Nigeria erupted in nationwide protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious police unit with a long record of brutality, eventually leading to wider demonstrations against corruption and police violence. Security forces turned on peaceful protesters,...
- 11/8/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix picks up four originals in Nigeria, Amazon Prime Video gets Noggin in several major European markets, Walter Presents buys three Polish series, and Iwc Schaffhausen and the BFI announce finalists and jury for this year’s Filmmaker Bursary Award.
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Netflix has announced a slate of new original series and films from Nigeria, doubling down on its commitment to finding and promoting talent on the African continent.
One new series and three Nigerian films were secured by Netflix in various stages of production, with some ready to debut immediately.
“Far From Home” is a six-part series created by Chinaza Onuzo and Dami Elebe, who double as executive producer and writer. Produced by Inkblot Productions, It follows Ishaya, a teenage artist who wins a scholarship that launches her from her humble surroundings into the world of Nigeria’s 1%. Actor-producer Funke Akindele is confirmed for a lead role.
Streaming
Netflix has announced a slate of new original series and films from Nigeria, doubling down on its commitment to finding and promoting talent on the African continent.
One new series and three Nigerian films were secured by Netflix in various stages of production, with some ready to debut immediately.
“Far From Home” is a six-part series created by Chinaza Onuzo and Dami Elebe, who double as executive producer and writer. Produced by Inkblot Productions, It follows Ishaya, a teenage artist who wins a scholarship that launches her from her humble surroundings into the world of Nigeria’s 1%. Actor-producer Funke Akindele is confirmed for a lead role.
- 9/21/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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Netflix and Un Women have launched the “Because She Watched” collection of series, documentaries, and films created for the upcoming International Women’s Day.
The collection, which will be available all year, is curated by female creators from behind and in front of the camera, including Sophia Loren, Salma Hayek, Yalitza Aparicio, Millie Bobby Brown, Laurie Nunn, Lana Condor, Petra Costa and Ava DuVernay. It includes “Orange Is the New Black,” “Marriage Story,” “Bird Box,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “House of Cards,” “Queer Eye,” “The Crown,” “Gravity,” “Roma” and “Paris Is Burning.”
“This collaboration is about taking on the challenge of telling women’s stories and showing women in all their diversity. It’s about making visible the invisible, and proving that only by fully representing and including women on screen, behind-the-camera and in our narratives overall, society will truly flourish,” said Anita Bhatia, Un Women Deputy Executive Director.
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The collection, which will be available all year, is curated by female creators from behind and in front of the camera, including Sophia Loren, Salma Hayek, Yalitza Aparicio, Millie Bobby Brown, Laurie Nunn, Lana Condor, Petra Costa and Ava DuVernay. It includes “Orange Is the New Black,” “Marriage Story,” “Bird Box,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “House of Cards,” “Queer Eye,” “The Crown,” “Gravity,” “Roma” and “Paris Is Burning.”
“This collaboration is about taking on the challenge of telling women’s stories and showing women in all their diversity. It’s about making visible the invisible, and proving that only by fully representing and including women on screen, behind-the-camera and in our narratives overall, society will truly flourish,” said Anita Bhatia, Un Women Deputy Executive Director.
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- 3/4/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The historical comedy opened on New Year’s Day.
Twentieth Century Fox’s historical comedy The Favourite is set for its first weekend in cinemas, having already set a new UK record for director Yorgos Lanthimos in taking £1.8m since its launch on New Year’s Day (Tuesday Jan 1).
Its early cume, which includes £336,655 from four days of previews prior to Tuesday, outranks Lanthimos’ previous highest amount for 2015’s The Lobster. That film opened to £229,946 and finished on £1.5m, and went on to secure a best original screenplay nomination at the 2017 Oscars.
The Favourite was also the number two title...
Twentieth Century Fox’s historical comedy The Favourite is set for its first weekend in cinemas, having already set a new UK record for director Yorgos Lanthimos in taking £1.8m since its launch on New Year’s Day (Tuesday Jan 1).
Its early cume, which includes £336,655 from four days of previews prior to Tuesday, outranks Lanthimos’ previous highest amount for 2015’s The Lobster. That film opened to £229,946 and finished on £1.5m, and went on to secure a best original screenplay nomination at the 2017 Oscars.
The Favourite was also the number two title...
- 1/4/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“The Wedding Party” is an anomaly in Nigerian film. A romantic comedy directed by Kemi Adetiba, the film follows the shenanigans that go on during the planning of a wedding in Nigeria. Dunni, a 24-year-old art gallery owner and only daughter of… Continue Reading →...
- 4/4/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Kemi Adetiba’s romantic comedy, “The Wedding Party” just released last month – December, 2016 – has become the highest grossing movie in the history of Nollywood since the groundbreaking “Living in Bondage” in 1992. “The Wedding Party” has grossed more… Continue Reading →...
- 1/23/2017
- by Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
- ShadowAndAct
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