Sand and Sea by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

Sand and Sea is a short documentary  from my "Lagos in Motion" documentary film that is still in progress started in 2016. The location is the Elegushi beach in Lekki

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How the NDLEA Crippled Baba Suwe Before He Died

Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as "Baba Suwe"
(22 August 1958 – 22 November 2021)

Anyone who says he or she is shocked by the passing of the famous Nigerian comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as "Baba Suwe" is ignorant of the circumstances surrounding his demise. The fact is Baba Suwe never recovered from the illness and trauma caused by his torture when he was arrested and detained by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in 2011. The NDLEA accused him of being in possession of substances suspected to be cocaine. Baba Suwe told The Punch newspaper that he was crippled after he was tortured by the NDLEA.

“I have not forgotten about my issue with the NDLEA and I will never forget because I am still bearing the pains and suffering from that encounter. I am still affected by the inflictions they meted on me at that time. 

“As I speak with you, I cannot walk with both my legs. Just to visit the toilet in my room, I have to be carried there. Even using the toilet is a problem as well. 

https://punchng.com/how-i-became-crippled-after-my-ndlea-encounter/

It is unfortunate that the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and the Theatre and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) failed to take up the case of maltreatment of Baba Suwe by the NDLEA. They failed him when he needed them most.  Before he passed on, Baba Suwe appreciated how Yomi Fabiyi stood by him .

“The only time you cannot know true friends, especially in our industry, is when you party or have buffet; when they have nothing to lose or suffer no discomfort. If you fall terribly sick or run into any problem, that you need moral support, that is when you will know you amount to nothing to them."

- Yomi Fabiyi

 

Expo 2020 Dubai: Kuwaiti Singer Abdulla Al Ruwaished and Egyptian Singer Mohamed Hamaki to Perform on the Jubilee Stage

Looking for something to do in the evening? Let the voices of these incredible singers enchant you.

Abdallah Al Rowaished
24 November 2021 | 20:00 Jubilee Stage

Mohamed Hamaki
26 November 2021 | 22:00 Jubilee Stage

Expo 2020 Dubai: 

Kuwaiti singer Abdulla Al Ruwaished and Egyptian singer, composer and poet Mohamed Hamaki. Al Ruwaished will perform popular ballads from his 40-year career on the Jubilee Stage on November 24, with festival favourite Hamaki presenting his pulsating rhythms and polished lyrics two days later on November 26.

Expo started on October 1 and concludes on March 31, 2022

Prince Emeka Ani in "Chukwuabiama Na Ezedibia": God and the King of Wizards

One of three #Nollywood movies acquired through Vuulr for global streaming .

"Chukwuabiama Na Ezedibia" (God and the King of Wizards)

Director: Evans Orji

Major Cast: Prince Emeka Ani, Agbaogidi Clement Cornel, Camilla Mberikwe

Population of Igbos:

Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò. 50,366,800 (2021 est.)

Regions with significant populations

Ñigeria 45,880,000 

United States

227,000

Igbo Americans, or Americans of Igbo ancestry, (Igbo: Ṇ́dị́ Ígbò Amerika)

Since the turn of the 21st century genealogy tracing by means of DNA testing is in part revealing the Igbo ancestry of African Americans, some notable celebrities including Blair Underwood and Quincy Jones.

1. USA (New York; Houston/Dallas, Texas; California; Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois)

2. UK (London, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham)

3. South Africa

4. Canada

5. Germany

6. Netherlands

7. Malaysia

8. China

9. Thailand

10. Spain

11. Ghana

12. Benin

13. Equatorial Guinea

14. Japan

15. Finland

16. Sweden

17. South Korea

"ENOUGH! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour" Wins the Audience Choice Award at 2021 Arlington International Film Festival

Arlington International Film Festival | Nov 4-14, 2021 | Streaming

https://aiffest.org/
        
 

A WRAP-UP of AIFF 2021

The Power of Coming Together
AUDIENCE CHOICE FILM AWARD

The act of creating an AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD is by nature creating a network of people from around the globe and giving them a voice. We have awards chosen by our jury but AIFF wanted to hear the audience’s voice.

Regardless of distance, you have had the opportunity of viewing
this year’s film program virtually
and casting YOUR vote for your favorite FILM

The Audience Choice Award that YOU voted for is…
ENOUGH! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour
Congratulations to filmmaker Daizy Gedeon!

2021 FILM AWARDS

• Best of Festival: I’M AN ELECTRIC LAMPSHADE, John Clayton Doyle, U.S.A.

• Best Narrative Feature: JACK LONDON’S MARTIN EDEN, Jay Craven, U.S.A. 

• Best Documentary Feature: LOS HERMANOS: The Brothers, Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider, U.S.A.

• Best Narrative Short: THE LAST JAM JAR, Arpan Bahl, India 

• Best Documentary Short: HUNGER WARD, Skye Fitzgerald, U.S.A./Yemen

• Best Animation Short: TIMES OF PLENTY, Claudio Costa, Italy

• Best Experimental Short: WOMAN, Lillian Carter, U.S.A.

High School Student Filmmakers

• Best of Festival: THE WALTZ OF TIME, Mario Martínez Sáenz, Spain

• Best Narrative: BRO, CRITICS, Nigeria

• Best Documentary: EVERY BODY’S BUSINESS, Amilieyon Pridgen, Jessica Torres, NY/U.S.A.

• Best Historical Documentary: TAKING A SEAT FOR JUSTICE: The 504 Sit-in, Thomas Huang, Allen Tang, Andrew Wang, Andrew Yu, Rohin Garg, MD/U.S.A.

• Best Animation: CLOUDY DREAM, Rayhaneh Einollahi and Bahareh Einollahi, Iran

• Best Experimental: ELYSIUM, Ariana Jones, Georgia/U.S.A. 

• Best Musical: SINCE THEN, BRJDC Residents, VA/U.S.A.

• Best Cinematography: KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, SWEET PEA, Sophie Meissner, U.S.A./Germany

• Best Editing: I AM KEREN, Keren Chen, Canada 

• Best Lighting: FROM WHAT YOU LEFT BEHIND, Jodhi Ramsden-Mavric, Australia

• Best Audio: COMA, Ruby Kim, CA/U.S.A.

• Honorable Mention: BEYOND THE MODEL, Jessica Lin, CA/U.S.A.

The MultiChoice Talent Factory and other Film Schools in Nigeria

The MultiChoice Talent Factory and other Film Schools in Nigeria

I have waited long enough to assess the progress of the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) before writing about it 

I was told that the primary purpose of the establishment is to train screenwriters and filmmakers that will produce regular content for the M-Net Channels on DStv. But it has done more than that, because the alumni are producing content for the global entertainment industry.

The MTF covers WEST AFRICA: Ghana & Nigeria; EAST AFRICA: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania and SOUTHERN AFRICA: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe.

The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy has achieved within three years of its establishment since 2018 what other older film schools in Nigeria have failed to achieve for the advancement of the Nigerian film industry. In fact, MTF has exposed the shortcomings of the film schools that have been existing since 2010 to date, but they are still having unaccredited courses and poorly trained graduates who have been rushed through ad-hoc courses in overcrowded classes without in-depth hands-on training on the most important components of filmmaking and film studies.

In filmmaking, if you are good, your works will show that you are good from the script to the screen. In filmmaking, seeing is believing. You show more and talk less. A good film school is not judged by attractive curriculums or fine buildings, but by the quality of the faculty and the quality of the film and TV productions of the alumni in the film industry.

The alumni of MTF have won international awards and scholarships; including the Spotlight award at the 15th edition of the Mobile Film Festival held in Paris, France in 2019 and awards of scholarships from the New York Film Academy (NYFA)  among other notable achievements.

The other film schools in Nigeria should use the template of the MTF for the improvement of their curriculums in accordance with the international standards of the best film schools in the world and they should join the International Association of Film and Television Schools (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision (CILECT)

https://www.cilect.org/

It is highly recommended to read the interview of MultiChoice Group CEO,  Yolisa Phahle .

TBI Spotlight On Africa: MultiChoice Group CEO Yolisa Phahle – TBI Vision
https://tbivision.com/2021/10/26/tbi-spotlight-on-africa-multichoice-group-ceo-yolisa-phahle/

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael China,

The Publisher/Editor,

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series.

Lagos in Motion! It's A Wrap?

#Lagos

#megaqcity
#documentary
#africa
#Amazon
#film #photography

It's A Wrap?
The moment I told my 📷 cameraman that he should stop, but the leading ladies still wanted to have more shots taken during the first phase of the principal photography of my documentary film, "Lagos in Motion" at the Elegushi beach in Lekki in 2016.
This screenshot and others are included in the photo book, 
LAGOS in MOTION: A Photo Album of Africa's Largest Megacity (Volume 1): Ekenyerengozi, Michael Chima: 9781536934922: Amazon.com: Books
https://www.amazon.com/LAGOS-MOTION-Africas-Largest-Megacity/dp/1536934925

I am working on a revision of the photo book for the second edition with more screenshots from the second phase of the principal photography using Drylab Set Reports and Dolby Atmos. And I want to have some footage in Dolby Vision. The most significant advantage of Dolby Vision HDR over HDR10 is the addition of dynamic metadata to the core HDR image data. This metadata carries scene-by-scene instructions that a Dolby Vision-capable display can use to make sure it portrays the content as accurately as possible.  

All the documentaries on Lagos produced by the @CNN , @BBC and other foreign film and TV producers have not been well researched. The most important parts of Lagos have been forgotten or left out. A documentary film on Lagos without Isale Eko is like a documentary on #London without the Westminster!

Producing a documentary film on any object or subject without comprehensive research on it is shallow and unacceptable.
I spent four years on the location of my proposed first feature film, "Naked Beauty" in the Agaja Village on Bonny Island in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. I studied both the demography, topography and also the physiognomy of the villagers before writing the screenplay with Dr. Chika Christian Onu, the multiple award winning director of "Living in Bondage" part two, "Glamour Girls" and over 80 other movies that are now classics of #Nollywood.