The Most Appreciated Film Writer in Nigeria

Do you know that the Alpha Man, EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima is the most appreciated film writer on #Nollywood and the film industry by filmmakers and other major stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry since 2012. He has written on the Academy Awards and Cannes Film Festival since 2008 to date and accurately predicted the winner of the Oscars for the Best Picture and Best Director in 2017 won by Guillermo del Toro for "The Shape of Water". He has also written definitive articles on Nollywood and history of the Nigerian cinema published on Indiewire and by SHADOW&ACT Author Post List https://shadowandact.com/author/MichaelChima. He wrote the widely circulated "Ghanaian Actresses Are Hotter Than Nigerian Actresses" with over 100, 000 views so far.

He also started organising and co-hosting the Nigerian premières of international award winning documentary films since 2013 with focus on the promotion of the education, protection and welfare of the underprivileged girls out of school in Nigeria and has hosted over 1000 secondary school girls at the following screenings:
Nigerian première of "Girl Rising" to celebrate the annual United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child for the first time in Nigeria on October 11, 2013 at the Silverbird Cinemas in the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos; Nigerian première of "He Named Me MALALA" documentary film of Malala Yousafzai to celebrate the 2015 United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child at the Silverbird Cinemas in the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island and the Nigerian première of the Canadian Giselle Portenier's award winning documentary film, "In The Name Of Your Daughter" on May 23, 2019 at the Silverbird Cinemas in the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island.
"I have insisted on having these premières gratis without collecting any money from the secondary school students or their schools. We spent more than N1m on hosting the students and the teachers who accompanied them to have free popcorns and soft drinks with biscuits And we provided free transport in 2015 and 2019."

He started writing on Nollywood as a hobby in 2008 and turned professional in 2012 and the following year, he published the first edition of his NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series in 2013, the first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry and has never looked back.

Franca Aide, Executive Director of Girls United Together for Success (GUTS) with secondary school girls at the Nigerian première of "He Named Me MALALA".

Ekenyerengozi discussing the imperatives of girl education and nation building with a representative of an NGO at the Nigerian première of "In The Name Of Your Daughter".

 Afolaranmi Igwegbe  of Cool 96.9 FM with Holly Gordon, the Cofounder and CEO of Girl Rising and Executive Producer of the Girl Rising film on October 12, 2013 .

Nigerian Première of "In The Name Of Your Daughter" Attracted Hundreds of School Girls.
The amiable Deputy High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Ryan A. Ward gave the goodwill message. Over 260 secondary school girls and boys came with their teachers with the approval of the Ministry of Education of Lagos state.

Ekenyerengozi meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, the Cofounder and CEO of Facebook at the Afrinolly Space on August 31, 2016 in Lagos.


"Three leading Nigerian filmmakers and four major stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry have been my most generous supporters (names withheld for privacy)."

Books by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima are distributed by Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Lulu, Tower Books and other booksellers. See his Author's page on https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima.