A Nigerian graduate student at the New York University, Faraday Okoro has won a transformative grant of $1m to produce a film.

Okoro was among five finalists listed for an award being given by AT&T, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute to a promising young filmmaker, with a focus on underrepresented perspectives.

After a game-show-like pitch-off, Okoro won the transformative grant. His thesis project would have a million-dollar budget.

But the money came with pressure: For example, it was to be filmed in Africa.

The film, “Nigerian Prince,” follows a Nigerian-American high schooler whose mother sends him to live with his aunt in Lagos. There he befriends his cousin, a professional scammer who sends phishing emails, among other deceitful business pursuits.

Winning a $1 million grant to make his film was “much different than winning the lottery,” Faraday said, “because I still had to make the movie for it to mean anything. And I could really feel that.”

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/04/nigerian-graduate-student-wins-1m-to.html

With that cash he don pay dem rita dominic finish na. all dem saint obi dem no cost reach 2 million na. even you can ask Omotola to remove her panties for 4 million naira movie.

1million $$ is too much oo. A whole Oscar winning actress Mo'nique was paid $50k for Precious. If you add 3 US actors $150k plus dem groundnut actors dem. Ann Njemanze and dem good actors that will collect 1-2 million in naira. You don act the film finish na. depends on the place. this alone is promo to the movie. so once it is out, the demand will rise.

Mama G or even Liz Benson and Joke Silva dem go take 2-4 million naira for the film. and Dolly Unachukwu omo I miss that woman.

Our male actors na free dem go act am self. You can put use Majek Fashek as houseboy in the film for 100k naira. You can use Phyno to do gateman in the movie and use Cossy orjiakor to carry pot of water barefooted for 70k naira.

go for better solid up and coming who hass been exposed to foreign waka-pass. the film don set. $1m too much sef.

Maka why?

Nice one...

igbo amaka,we re everywhere?

Nice on bro

actiondrilling:
A Nigerian graduate student at the New York University, Faraday Okoro has won a transformative grant of $1m to produce a film.

Okoro was among five finalists listed for an award being given by AT&T, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute to a promising young filmmaker, with a focus on underrepresented perspectives.

After a game-show-like pitch-off, Okoro won the transformative grant. His thesis project would have a million-dollar budget.

But the money came with pressure: For example, it was to be filmed in Africa.

The film, “Nigerian Prince,” follows a Nigerian-American high schooler whose mother sends him to live with his aunt in Lagos. There he befriends his cousin, a professional scammer who sends phishing emails, among other deceitful business pursuits.

Winning a $1 million grant to make his film was “much different than winning the lottery,” Faraday said, “because I still had to make the movie for it to mean anything. And I could really feel that.”

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/04/nigerian-graduate-student-wins-1m-to.html

Biko tell that Okoro's son that am available for a role in the movie... if I can't enjoy oil money like Yusuf(the President's son) let me at least enjoy part of the $1m grant money

BTW I've noticed that Americans are always eager to sponsor what will put Africa (especially Nigeria) in a bad picture: My guy took advantage of that knowledge and won himself $1m grant: Igbo people too get business sense aswear.

Another Lazy Nigerian Youth doing us proud........ Get your PVC, we are sending Buhari and his son Yusufu to Daura permanently come 2019

.better use money buy land keep

You wan use $1mill produce film for naija. Ok

G man don show

igbo amaka

This guy wan cast homeboys

Congratulations to him. He's a hardworking yoot

W

well at least he got the money

kolawoleibukun:
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Your mumu don do na!

Niccur stole my ideas - Blackface

Nigeria youth doing us proud while our president is fvcking the whole country up

they have started again *world people*

Pls somebody should inform baba of this development

Good one

I came just to check name, wasn't disappointed anyway... Afonjas won't like this news. Proudly Igboid.

And some one said we are lazy. Please prepare your pvc.

kuanvevo:
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kolawoleibukun:
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I don get buyer for these una plot of land ooooooo. How much is the last price?

So they give you $1m to perpetuate the demonizing and stereotyping of the ordinarily hardworking Nigerian youth?


I'd be offended if it was me.

That's surely a lazy Nigerian youth

akelicious and copy and paste sha. by now u shud know u wont make any money doing this. ode

Buhari have been blaming everything on Nigerian from day one..

Not surprised. $1 million dollars to ridicule Nigerians. Nigerian scammers are still learning from Russian fraudsters buh they dare not throw such an offer to Russians. Tell me again that imperialism is just a conspiracy.

Most Africans in diaspora are a big part of the African problem.

Imagine a guy I knew so well while growing. He struggled to gain admission for a diploma program in Osu which of course he could not finish as a result of hardship. And some how he found his way to London, today he is a British citizen rationalising Buhari's derogatory statement about Nigerian youths