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#Oscar2020: Read Why Lionheart – Nigeria First Oscar Entry Caused Controversy by DiggITnetwork: 6:33am On Oct 08, 2019
Last Week, The Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) announced the LIONHEART movie to represent Nigeria at the oscar 2020 for Foreign Best Feature.

The group made the announcement on Wednesday, following a statutory vetting and subsequent voting of entries received from mixed Nigerian filmmakers which include Chinaeze Ayaene, Mildred Okwo, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Ngozi Okafor, Charles Novia, Abba Makama, Bruce Ayonote, Ramsey Nouah, Chioma Ude, Shaibu Husseini, Adetokunbo “DJ Tee” Odubawo and CJ Obasi.



TheLionheart film Produced by Chinny Onwugbenu, Chichi Nwoko, Genevieve Nnaji, and directed by Genevieve Nnaji, ‘Lionheart’ was premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and ended being acquired on September 7, 2018, as first Netflix original film produced in Nigeria.



Genevieve on her Instagram page wrote: “The Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee has chosen @lionheartthemovie to represent Nigeria for the 2020 Academy Award for Best International Film!

“This is the first entry ever for Nigeria. It’s an honor to be a part of such a pivotal moment in the history of Nigerian cinema.


News broke on social platform Twitter with sporadic comments both Negative and Positive coming in as regards this an announcement with slot of chatter coming in


Here. Click Below to read the tweets and get the full article

https://shockng.com/oscar-2020-read-why-lionheart-nigeria-first-oscar-entry-caused-controversy/

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