CJ Obasi shares his thoughts on Nollywood in a new interview with Pulse. "I feel like there's a lot we can do in terms of writing training; our writing still has a long way to go," he stated.

CJ Obasi's 'Mami Wata' will now be distributed internationally in the U.S. Deadline reports that the West African folktale has been picked up by Dekanalog. The deal was negotiated by Dekanalog and CAA ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has signed Nigerian filmmaker C.J. Obasi, whose latest feature Mami Wata is Nigeria’s entry for Best International Feature Oscar in the 96th Academy Awards. Award-winning ...

Nigerian politician, entrepreneur, teacher and social innovator, Frank Nweke Jr and Emeka Mba have thrown their weight behind the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival, ENIFF. The fourth edition ...

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Nigeria has submitted CJ Obasi’s Sundance title Mami Wata as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards. Inspired by West African mermaid folklore and mythology, ...

Seven years before its Jan. 23 world premiere in Park City — the first-time that a homegrown Nigerian feature has scored a coveted slot in the World Cinema Dramatic competition at Sundance — C.J.

In this striking film by the Nigerian director C.J. Obasi, with the help of a mysterious stranger, a village awakens to what is possible. By Brandon Yu When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

I wake up and say a prayer and meditate. I always try not to jump out of bed too soon after I wake up. I take some time to ponder the day, ponder myself and my place in the world. Then I jump out of ...

The Nigerian filmmaker told IndieWire he was searching for his place in the world when the deity appeared to him. Soon, he was making an Oscar contender centered on her rich mythos. It all started ...

You don’t need to believe in the generosity of an ancient water deity to be transfixed by Nigerian director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s folklore melodrama “Mami Wata.” Respecting the conjuring power of ...