Filmmaker ๐ฅ Feminist. Programs @dnfoundation Fellow: MWF2023 ||GlobalMediaMaker ||We Create Change ||Global Youth Fellows ||GfIC || Ford Global Fellows
Atlanta, GA
Joined July 2013
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So glad to announce that Iโm a Film Independent Fellow under the Global Media Makers Program๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ค๐ซ
Prayed for this moment and Itโs been such a surreal feeling being in Los Angeles and experiencing everything @filmindependent has put in place for us.
I come back here once in a while and I smile. I really loved writing this and want to write something that gives me joy again๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ซถ๐๐
Good morning,
HAPPILY DIVORCED is coming.
A @RitaOnwurah production.
A @reminola film.
Written by @PriyeDiri
Anticipate!
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Shame on you BBC!!!
Mother of Ghanaian boy killed in US 'wants justice' as she flies for funeral bbc.in/4jWJErJ
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Meet the cast of BEFORE I DOโจ
BEFORE I DO - a new vertical series from Manoru Studios in association with The Gladiator's Pit.
Thank you to this incredible cast for saying yes, for your patience, your talent, and for collaborating so beautifully with me.
Starring: Amanda Oruh, Chuks Joseph, Tolu Odewumi, Tomisin Ayoade, Sandra Iroegbu, Favour Etim, Justin Ben, and Imoh Eboh
Written and Directed by Olumide Kuti
BEFORE I DO is coming soon.
#BeforeIDoSeries #ManoruStudios #TheGladiatorsPit #Nollywood
Oh my love
Love love love rooting for you!
Love seeing you shine!
Love seeing you bloom!
Always been made for the stars, always ๐ฅน๐๐ซถ
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10 years. Full circle. ๐ค
My first AFRIFF was in 2016, my first year in Nollywood. Wide-eyed, meeting so many filmmakers I admired and still admire. My girls @imoheboh & @PriyeDiri made it feel like home.
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10 years. Full circle. ๐ค
My first AFRIFF was in 2016, my first year in Nollywood. Wide-eyed, meeting so many filmmakers I admired and still admire. My girls @imoheboh & @PriyeDiri made it feel like home.
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His Excellency Mr Peter Obi and His Excellency Sen. Henry Seriake Dickson on a canoe war game in Toru Orua, Sagbama LGA, Bayelsa State.
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Everybody. Watch Phoenix Fury. If you're not blown away, I will return your money. ๐ฅ
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@ChuGailx's #HerDaughtersMother is a SOLID feature debut.
Using the early 2000s Warri crisis as a backdrop, it interrogates motherhood and women's choices, with a brilliant performance by @ejosobas.
I loved the film's pristine editing and colourful deployment of language.
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This is so me. You canโt rush me. Congratulations to everyone but Iโll get there when I get there.
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Aww darlings, I was on set shooting my new film (Details soon I promise๐ ) when I rather casually tweeted this in response to another tweet. A friend just called me now to tell me that it set you guys on fire. E pele ooo.
You guys need to learn that itโs okay for other people not to like what you like or to disagree with your taste, you donโt have to become sworn enemies over it.
I LOVE Nollywood as an industry and Iโm invested in seeing it grow as such I love to see broader representations of it beyond the VCD era Nollywood nostalgia tropes. I also love nuanced representations of Nigerians, our accents, the ways we behave etc. Itโs my preference. Itโs fine that you enjoyed the sketch, I love that for you. If you felt proud of its representation, I love that for you too. It just wasnโt for me and thatโs okay. I still love the Cynthia and British/Naija creatives that worked on it. Nothing against them โฅ๏ธ
Now as you were. Rara says hi ๐
I think weโre so starved for representation and recognition on foreign platforms/stages that we rush to celebrate everything even when weโre the joke. I might be hyper sensitive but I personally Iโm never thrilled at caricature portrayals of Nigerian culture or Nollywood. I get why people find it funny and if we were in a global media landscape that was flush with portrayals of Nigerians or our culture with excellence, I might find it enjoyable.
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If we don't like it, we don't like it and that's fine. Coming to mouth off about understanding what a sketch is, a parody is, the references are, doesn't change that.
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The Phoenix herself ๐ฆโ๐ฅ๐ฆโ๐ฅ๐
Last night for Phoenix Fury Film premiere
What a feeling ๐ค
Thank you God for this film, this life, this privilege to create, to celebrate creations and to be celebrated for creations.
Never taking it for granted.
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Powerful moments in Abuja with our Co-President Dr. Imme Scholz and @boellabuja Green Academy fellows! ๐
โListening to their experiences reaffirms that young people are not just shaping Nigeriaโs future, they are leading today. Together, let us create the spaces they need to thrive.
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I never set out to make an original soundtrack for Phoenix Fury.
When we were in the whirlwind of pre-production, I figured Iโd license a handful of songs and keep it moving. Then I hit a wall trying to license a Nigerian highlife song that fit part of the filmโs time period perfectly. I was venting about it, and a friend said, โYouโre a musician. Why donโt you get your other musician friends and make it yourself?โ
So thatโs exactly what we did.
About five months after we wrapped filming, I flew from Accra to Abuja and holed up in an apartment. The next 2 weeks was almost entirely me and some of my longtime musician friends and collaborators creating the Phoenix Fury OST; thank you @Jarell_Ebuka , CEF Ashanta, Wondamagik, and Queen Rubunu for creating magic for Phoenix Fury in those 2 weeks. Forever in awe of your gifts, fr!
A few tracks like Baby Salome featured in this clip were made by other collaborators in Lagos and Accra; @KyrianAsher , NiiQuaye, OSIQUE, thank you for bringing your magic and incredible skill to this body of work.
Skiller Beat did a madness producing Baby Salome and Alex Solana finished it all beautifully with his mixing and mastering work on every single track on the album.
Making the film was fun but very stressful. Making this soundtrack was a breath of fresh air.
It reminded me that music is truly my first love. It came before film, and while itโs not a path Iโve pursued professionally, Iโm so grateful I get to have an outlet to express it now through my film work.
As we release this film in a few days, we are birthing this OST tomorrow. Phoenix Fury (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) drops October 24th at midnight, in your time zone, wherever you are, on all music platforms. Pre-save it now with the link in my bio. I canโt wait for you to hear what we made. ๐ถ
#PhoenixFuryOST #OriginalSoundtrack #Nollywood
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Diepriye Diri ๐๐ฅ retweeted
I never set out to make an original soundtrack for Phoenix Fury.
When we were in the whirlwind of pre-production, I figured Iโd license a handful of songs and keep it moving. Then I hit a wall trying to license a Nigerian highlife song that fit part of the filmโs time period perfectly. I was venting about it, and a friend said, โYouโre a musician. Why donโt you get your other musician friends and make it yourself?โ
So thatโs exactly what we did.
About five months after we wrapped filming, I flew from Accra to Abuja and holed up in an apartment. The next 2 weeks was almost entirely me and some of my longtime musician friends and collaborators creating the Phoenix Fury OST; thank you @Jarell_Ebuka , CEF Ashanta, Wondamagik, and Queen Rubunu for creating magic for Phoenix Fury in those 2 weeks. Forever in awe of your gifts, fr!
A few tracks like Baby Salome featured in this clip were made by other collaborators in Lagos and Accra; @KyrianAsher , NiiQuaye, OSIQUE, thank you for bringing your magic and incredible skill to this body of work.
Skiller Beat did a madness producing Baby Salome and Alex Solana finished it all beautifully with his mixing and mastering work on every single track on the album.
Making the film was fun but very stressful. Making this soundtrack was a breath of fresh air.
It reminded me that music is truly my first love. It came before film, and while itโs not a path Iโve pursued professionally, Iโm so grateful I get to have an outlet to express it now through my film work.
As we release this film in a few days, we are birthing this OST tomorrow. Phoenix Fury (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) drops October 24th at midnight, in your time zone, wherever you are, on all music platforms. Pre-save it now with the link in my bio. I canโt wait for you to hear what we made. ๐ถ
#PhoenixFuryOST #OriginalSoundtrack #Nollywood