The lives of African American cops in Los Angeles are the focus of a new movie, LAPD African Cops, set to be premiered in cinemas across Nigeria on December 4.
The film, from the stable of The Atuma Brothers International Company, was written and directed by Hollywood-based Nigerian, Pascal Atuma.
It tells the story of two West African men (Officer Naija and Officer Ghana), who join the Los Angeles Police Department and go about installing African values of culture, respect and morals as they go about their policing duties.
The resulting culture clash is however relaxed with comedy, the genre which the movie adopts.
In the movie, the ‘African’ cops are seen comically enforcing decent dressing on young Americans who ‘sag’ and wear skimpy clothes in ways synonymous to correcting young people in Africa.
“What we are trying to do is tell our own stories,” producer and director of the movie, Pascal Atuma, said during a recent meeting with journalists.
Together with his brother and co-producer, Dr. Oscar Atuma, they also acted as cops in the movie.
“We don’t want the western world to tell African stories,” Atuma said.
LAPD African Cops also stars African American movie stars including Vanessa Bell Calloway (Coming to America), Luenell Campbell (Borat), Dorien Wilson (The Parkers), Brian Hooks (Eve’s Show), Mari Morrow (One Life To Live), Jaszmin Lewis (Barbershop), Trina Mcgee (Friday After Next), Tonya Lee Williams ( Young & Restless), Caryn Ward-Ross (The Game) and Bless Brown Vera (Sexy Boy In America).
Already, Silverbird Cinemas has acquired rights to show the movie in West Africa.
The film is already being distributed in South Africa, US and Canada.
Plans for airing it in London are also in the offing.
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