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Interview with Olive Nwosu about “Lady”

Interview with Olive Nwosu about “Lady”

Moviebreak Interviews und Festivals vor 8 Monaten

“People need to be willing to see African stories from the inside”

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Right after Sundance, where Olive Nwosu's gripping feature film
debut premiered in World Cinema Dramatic Competition, the
British-Nigerian filmmaker bring Lady to the Berlinale. Combining
personal drama and social panorama with crime thriller elements,
the plot follows a female taxi driver and her childhood friend
through the nightly streets of Lagos, where painful memories and
danger lurk. Amidst the festival bustle at Berlinale, Nwosu tells
about Lady's realistic background, the challenges in bringing the
story to the screen, authentic Nigerian cinema, and working with
lead actress Jessica Gabriel's Ujah and the cast, who were
recognized with the Special Jury Award for Acting at Sundance but
not granted US visas.