When Kemi Adetiba isn’t making blockbusters, she is, as you’d soon learn, helping teenagers pursue their filmmaking ambitions. According to Adetiba, she was tagged on Twitter in a video made by some kids sourcing for funds to take their content creation to a higher level. I have spent a great deal of time consuming these videos made by @The_critics, a movie/television studio run by teenagers. The videos revolve around a niche aspect of filmmaking, involving VFX effects, sci-fi action and dystopias. Adetiba had been intrigued by their work, so much so that she contacted them immediately and got to know that the eldest amongst the teenagers is nineteen. Subsequently, she made an appeal on social media on their behalf, asking people to help them financially.
Not long after, Adetiba posted on Instagram indicating Sterling Bank’s donation of one million to the teenagers.
This is exciting, in that the money will help to empower these teenagers by making their craft better. Think of Marvel Studios and the comic-book movies they have churned out over the years, and how it’s massively appreciated now. Think of George Lucas and the Star Wars movies. Nollywood is yet to incorporate grand VFX effects into filmmaking, and these teenagers could be the future.
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