Agree to Disagree or Disagree to Agree with Ekene Som Mekwunye, Film Director and Film Academic on FilmLab Nigeria Film Talk Friday July 10, 2020; 4:30 pm, Lagos, Nigeria Time.
No other may likely explain it better than Ekene Mekwunye:
Filmmaker and Photography Devotee with roles:
SYLVIA -Producer
LIGHT IN THE DARK- Producer-Director
PAN ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, LAGOS, NIGERIA- Film Production Lecturer
MILESTONES-
2019 -Light in The Dark - screened in 5 different continents; currently on Netflix
2018- LasgidiVice -Screened at the Cannes International Film Festival.
. 20I5- Oblivious- Best short film winner- Africa’s biggest film awards, AMVC.
20I5-'The Encounter'- Nigerian Civil War Flick-
Selected Best Jury Film -African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and
AMVCA Later
Reviewed in Newsweek Magazine European Edition AMONG OTHERS!
Join Film Talk: Friday July 10, 2020; 4:30 pm, Lagos, Nigerian time.
Watch Film Talk on Ekene Som Mekwunye’s
Skype feed: ekenemekwunye.
Watch SYLVIA:
“Until the Nigerian industry or Nollywood devices a…five, ten- or twenty-year value engagement plan…to not only add to national economy, but also impact cultural rebirth, there is really no film culture. Really there is a Nollywood film entertainment culture short of real film culture…though we had a film culture at some point in the 1970s we lost it. In 90s we developed a VHS, VCD culture and you’re seeing a resurgence of cinema culture now.” -Isioma Idigbo, Nigeria’s Media and Entertainment Lawyer; Everything Nollywood(2019).
“We need to understand where we’re coming from; resolve the identity crisis in our film industry. - Filmmaker Izu Ojukwu. Everything Nollywood (2019