In today's New Social World....
More friends are made on Social Media sites than in real life,
Apples "I" devices are considered one of the "coolest" things to own.
Artists & Actors in the African Entertainment Industry are recognized in International awards
African Models Rip the Runway
Nigerian Music & Movies are streamed online on Iroking & Irokotv respectively. (Soo hooked to IrokoTV...lol)
Vox Africa & Afrotainment grace TV screens in North America & Europe
A lot has changed in the African Movie & Music industries...
One can begin to wonder if what we potray in our movies is truely authetic? Is a reflection of our society?
The Mediafritiq documentary, True Nollywood Story takes on a journey exploring the Authenticity of Nollywood films..
True Story Nollywood Documentary Premieres February 26, 2013: A film
about the stories written and told by the world's third largest film
industry, Nollywood.
The New York
Women in Film & Television will hold a screening at
Anthology Film
Archives on
February 26 to share the works of its talented members,
including the premiere showing of True Story Nollywood (TSN) - a film
documenting the opinions about the authenticity of the African narrative
in Nollywood films (a fast growing African film industry thought to be
losing itself to Western culture).
Produced by a young up and
coming filmmaker of Nigerian/Cameroonian descent, Ihuoma Mambo Atanga,
True Story Nollywood highlights various subjects of discourse
surrounding the topic, among prominent Nollywood filmmakers and people
based in her current city of residence, New York City including renowned
Nollywood director Tunde Kelani.
Inspired by the great
conversations and writings of prominent works like Chimamanda's Danger
of a Single Story, Wainaina's How To Write About Africa, and Achebe's An
Image of Africa, Ms. Atanga notes
I became more aware of a magnificent transitional phase of African storytelling, from a biographical to an
autobiographical state. Affordable film technology has enabled Africans
to now write their own stories and broadcast it to the entire world
through one of the most pervasive mediums, film. So people naturally
expect that stories from Africans by Africans make up a definitive and
true African story.
Jessica Hope (L), Global Commmunications Officer @ Iroko Partners & Ms Atanga (R)
The juiciest discussions about the rapidly
changing Nigerian film industry (Nollywood), ranging from
cultural-authenticity, her/histories, language and of course sex, can be
heard in Harlem?s African Hair braiding salons, Brooklyn?s African film
shops, etc., unfortunately, the best of these riveting conversations
never see the light of day. True Story Nollywood examines the educated
opinions, gossip, lies and truths behind the evolution and authenticity
of Nollywood stories from the perspective of industry connoisseurs,
Michael Nwaesi, Oliver Mbamara, Tunde Kelani, and a host of Nollywood
film enthusiasts.
Event: True Nollywood Story Premiere
Date: Tuesday, February 26 2013
Time: 7pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives - 32 Second Avenue (NYC)
About True Story Nollywood:
A
MediAfritiQ Production, True Story Nollywood, is an enthralling,
honest, enlightening, comic, and educational documentary. The viewer is
sure to go through an array of mixed emotions as varying opinions are
categorically spewed for the audience to critically ingest. The industry
practitioners interviewed bring conversations about the change in the
Nollywood film industry to light.
The cast includes Prominent Nollywood
New York filmmakers like Oliver Mbamara, filmmaker and vendor Michael
Nwaesei, and one of Nigeria?s finest directors of all time Tunde Kelani.
They are unafraid to state their sentiments on the good, the bad and
the ugly changes in the Nollywood film industry, whilst bringing to
light the contributions of the industry not only for the face of
Nigeria, and West Africa, but the face of Africa to the world.
The TSN
production team is an all female group consisting of co-producer Tarisai
Gombe and cinematographer Olubusola Ajayi, amongst our other phenomenal
crew members. This fifteen-minute documentary serves as a teaser and
introduction to a much larger project due to be announced in the fall of
2013.
Media Contact:
Public Relations Officer: Jamila Woolford
jamila@mediafritiq.com
General Inquiries:
True Story Nollywood
inquiries@mediafritiq.com
Connect:
Facebook:
Facebook.com/TrueStoryNollywood
Twitter: Twitter.com/TSNdocumentary
Tumblr: truestorynollywood.tumblr.com/
Thumbs up!Ms. Atanga & team have put together an impressive documentary. Go check it out if you are in NYC!
OK people, stay tuned for more updates on True Nollywood Story.
Y.M.
IRepCamer
