After winning two African Oscars in the US, Nigerian movie producer
and director, John Chuka, moves closer to achieving his dream for
Nollywood.
Nigerian filmmaker based in the United States, John Chuka, finally
approaches the climax of his dream to initiate sweeping changes in the
movie industry.
Chuka's entry in the 2013 Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards,
The Fetus, wins in the Best Short Film/Trailer and the Best Original
Score/Soundtrack categories at the 2013 Nollywood and African Film
Critics Awards that was held recently in Washington DC, USA.
The feature film, which happens to be his final thesis film at the
prestigious New York Film Academy, was initially nominated in four
categories of the awards, also known as the African Oscars. They are
the Best Short Film/Trailer, Best Original Score/Soundtrack, Best
Visual Effects, and Best Makeup categories.
"I am proud to inform you that I returned to Los Angeles with two of
the awards at the event: the Best Short Film/Trailer and Best Original
Score/Soundtrack. This is a huge validation in the film industry in
which my future lies. The New York Film Academy made it possible and
I'm very grateful,"
The dreadlocked filmmaker is full of praises for the cast and crew of
The Fetus, especially Jessica Garza, who performed the award winning
theme song for the film, 'America the true Dream'.
Also, he attributes his success at the awards event partly to the
training that he received at the New York Film Academy as a graduate
student.
"What I consider most important about The fetus is that it cuts across
a wide range of topical and social issues and delves deep into the
effects on ordinary people, especially undocumented immigrants, that
have no voices of their own.
Now that Chuka has scaled the first hurdle, he looks forward to the
future and his immediate plan to "revolutionise" the Nigerian film
industry.
"I am working hard to float an outfit that will generate and develop
African story ideas into screenplays, transform the screenplays into
films, and ultimately distribute the films worldwide,"
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