Advocacy Carries A Life Sentence of Compassion! Lessons from Jato Ehijator, South Africa-Based Nigerian Filmmaker!

Trafficked Africa mirrors the woes of modern slavery!

Very inspiring documentary. Comparable to his first movie King of Shittah!

Who is more impactful: cinematographer or director, who orders shots and scriptwriter, who imagines on paper, in the final movie after a shoot?

Namso Akpan of Lantawood, Georgia-Atlanta, USA, "No , but I believe that the technique for gathering the content difines it. If gathering the content in individual frames, then you're doing photography. If gathering the content as a series of frames, then you are doing cinematography. Unlike years ago, most cameras of today can do both."

“We need to understand where we’re coming from; resolve the identity crisis in our film industry. - Filmmaker Izu Ojukwu. Everything Nollywood (2019

“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).

Hi Enefiok! Nice to read or hear from you! Read or heard! These have become so distant these days as we observe necessary precautions to stay alive. Albeit I can't miss the part about your '...walks to shop/exercise really help me to springboard story ideas...' Quite informing as some of us are completely cut off, depending on where we live. To that extent our phones and other equipment should surely help us get across 'far-flung chasms' created by the pandemic. As you get '...much better at your composition, lighting, framing, focal lens etc...' could you could send us some of your experiences in short videos of 60seconds to 5minutes max. Please! It might be the only way, I, personally will harvest some experiences about REALITY FILMMAKING. Ahh! In this season of CONFINMENT we will be having as many ONLINE INTERACTIONS as possible. It's the only way we can stay CREATIVE and PRODUCTIVE! May I request that we have a SKYPE, WHATSAPP or ZOOM interview with you soon enough? We will very much love to have your FILMMKING EXPERIENCE and CONSEQUENT winning of an award sometime ago. And if you don't mind, please post your award story here for us to share and learn. Thanks so much for relating your experience in London. Happy to learn you're up and busy!