Chinonye Chukwu is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama film Clemency (2019). She is the first black woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Clemency was nominated for Best Screenplay in both the Indie Spirit and NAACP Awards 2019 and her next project is directing AMERICANAH the series based on the acclaimed novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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ALASKALAND (2012)
The film tells the story of Chukwuma, an Alaska-raised Nigerian struggling to balance his cultural heritage with the pressures of the larger world around him. After a family tragedy forces a two-year estrangement from his younger sister Chidinma, the siblings reconnect in their hometown. Their time apart has created new frictions; they find reconciliation brings them closer to each other.
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THE DANCE LESSON (2010)
A young girl struggles to be a ballerina in an increasingly gentrified community she sees as so different from her own. (14 mins)
A LONG WALK (2014)
A boy is forced to parade around his neighbourhood in a dress and heels after his father finds him playing in “women’s” clothing. The impact of that decision ripples through his family and best friend’s lives for years to come. (15 mins)
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