In this episode Adam and Mark talk
about D.I.Y culture and a group of Nigerian teenagers who are making sci-fi
movies with their smartphones called the Critics Company. Orson Welles is
famous for saying "The absence of limitations is the enemy of art," nothing
brings these words to life more than what these kids are doing. As we loves to
say resourcefulness is the best resource and these creatives are the
personification of that quote and they’re not letting anything stop them
telling their stories.
The Critics Company are made up a group of youngsters aged around
19 years old from northern Nigeria, they’ve been making films, skits and vlogs
for seven years with old smart phones and a 3GB Ram Intel Pentium laptop to
date they have made over 20 short films and 2 sci-fi shorts CHaSE and Z the
beginning, which we posted on their social media platforms. They gained
recognition when Nigerian filmmaker, Kemi Adetiba, run a fundraising campaign
for then and which resulted in being featured on Reuters, Aljazeera and the BBC.
The Blacklist’s Franklin Leonard and JJ
Abrams are some of these young filmmakers' biggest fans and they recently
picked up a sponsorship deal with RODE - Check them out on: Instagram twitter YouTube
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