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Oscars: Three Nigerians make Academy’s members list

The Eagle Online by The Eagle Online
July 8, 2019
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Oscars: Three Nigerians make Academy’s members list
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Three Nigerians have made The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences newly released diverse list of 842 members.
The Academy, popularly known as the Oscars, made visibly improved racial and gender considerations in the 2019 list that tops the 2018 list.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 50 per cent of the new members are women and 29 per cent are people of colour.
This raises the percentage of women in the Academy from 31 per cent to 32 per cent, while the percentage of people of colour remains at 16 per cent, same as 2018.
NAN also reports that the three Nigerians are the iconic Tunde Kelani for Directing, talented Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje for Acting and the fast-rising Chinonye Chukwu for Writing.
Kelani is one of Nigeria’s most acclaimed directors known for classics like Thunderbolt: Magun, Saworoide, Agogo Eewo and Dazzling Mirage.
He is currently working on the film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s award-winning novel: The Lion and the Jewel.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje has been on a steady rise, standing out in films and TV shows like The Bourne Identity, Thor: The Dark World, Suicide Squad and Game of Thrones.
In 2018, he made his directorial debut at TIFF with the auto-biographical: Farming.”
Chukwu is the first black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s biggest prize for her movie: “Clemency.”
She is also set to direct the film adaptation of former Black Panther Party chairwoman, Elaine Brown’s memoir: “A Taste of Power.”
NAN reports that all three join actresses Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Wunmi Mosaku and film producer and directors Femi Odugbemi and Ngozi Onwurah who made the 2018 list.
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