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The Federal Government has applauded film producer, Mo Abudu on her partnership with Netflix, US media production brand.
Netflix Nigeria had announced a deal with the Ebony Life TV founder to produce a film and series from two literary classics.
“We’ve got MAJOR news for you today! Netflix has partnered with acclaimed producer @MoAbudu to bring you two of Nigeria’s most beloved literary classics to screens around the world!,” Netflix Nigeria tweeted on Friday.
“A series-adaptation of @LolaShoneyin‘sThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and a film-adaptation of Prof. Wole Soyinka’s Death And The King’s Horseman!”
Reacting, in a statement on Friday, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed described the deal as “a big boost for the country’s creative industry” at a time the industry was reeling from the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mohammed said the partnership has added another feather to Abudu’s already ‘well-adorned’ creative cap.
“Coming after Netflix’s first Nigeria original film, Lionheart, this is a great recognition of the immense creative talents that abound in the country and the provision of a global platform for Nigeria storytelling,” he said.
The information minister was hopeful that the partnership would signal the beginning of a bigger, mutually-beneficial working relationship between the streaming service and the country’s creative industry.
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