The New York premiere of Ojukokoro is scheduled for April 13, 2018KJM3 Entertainment Group, the film distribution and marketing company behind the success of Julie Dash’s groundbreaking film “Daughters of the Dust”, will return to the theatrical distribution arena with Nollywood 3.0 – a genre of films exploring images and stories from the African Diaspora. Nollywood 3.0 will debut with the North American premiere of “Ojukokoro (Greed)” at the Metrograph Theatre in New York on April 13-15, 2018. The film’s Nigerian-born director, Dare Olaitan, sees the New York premiere of “Ojukokoro” as a milestone and the dawn of a new era for Nigerian filmmakers. “The Nollywood 3.0 productions are crisp, the acting is superb, and the storylines are universal, said Michelle Materre, a KJM3 partner whose curatorial work was recently recognized by The New Yorker magazine as “The Best Repertory Series of 2017. “Nollywood 3.0 represents what we were missing back in the 90’s, a pipeline”, said Marlin Adams, another KJM3 partner.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 28, 2018 18:33 UTC