Nollywood stars prove for Netflix premiere of Blood Sisters
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The theme of the premiere was ‘Pink and Fugitive’ and Nollywood stars turned out in fashion to launch the sequence created by main Nigerian manufacturing firm EbonyLife Studios.
Blood Sisters options Nollywood veteran stars similar to Kate Henshaw, Uche Jombo, Ramsey Nouah, Segun Arinze and Joke Silva.
It additionally stars newcomers Nancy Isime and Ini Dima-Okojie who play associates within the crime thriller which spotlights “two friends, a dark secret, and an unforgiving family,” in response to Netflix.
Nigeria’s Minister for Data and Tradition, Lai Mohammed was additionally on the premiere and lauded the launch as proof of the expansion of Nigeria’s artistic trade.
“It’s not easy to put your movie, talk less of a series on Netflix…this is one of the clear indications that our creative industry is going places,” the minister mentioned on the premiere.
EbonyLife Studios founder Mo Abudu mentioned the sequence was filmed throughout the pandemic in Lagos, a course of Abudu describes as a “unique and intense experience.”
Abudu’s different productions with Netflix embody the film “Òlòturé,” which was launched to world acclaim and an adaptation of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s “Death and the King’s Horseman.”
Different streaming platforms even have Nigeria’s film market of their sights.
Amazon has commissioned Authentic sequence and movies with Nigerian and different African companions, the corporate instructed CNN.
