Zuriel Oduwole, born to parents from Nigerian and Mauritius
and having lived in both countries over time, made movie history November 27,
2014, when her current documentary, A Promising Africa, was shown on the big
screen at Film House Cinema. She becomes the youngest person in the world to
have their self-produced work show in a commercial movie theater, on the big
screen.
Students, teachers and invited guests complete with popcorn
and drinks, flocked to screen 2 of the Film House Cinema Surulere - Lagos
location, in the Leisure Mall on Adeniran Ogunsanya street in the suburbs of
Lagos Mainland. The first showing at 10:30AM got under way in front of TV
reporters and the general media. The next showing is on Friday November 28th at
10:30AM.
Her first documentary at age 9 was on the Ghana Revolution,
and she interviewed Presidents Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor. Her second
documentary at age 10 was on the effect of the 1963 OAU on African countries. She
met and interviewed the Presidents of Malawi, Tanzania and Mauritius for that
project. Her current project which she started at age 11, is a series that
would profile 5 African countries, over the next 4 years, showing the positive
developments in Africa, and the people leading this charge.
Zuriel first burst onto the global scene in the summer 2013,
when at age 10, she became the youngest person in the world to be interviewed
for a full feature in the iconic Forbes Magazine, because of her work on child
education advocacy. She has spoken with 14 Presidents and Prime Ministers,
about the need to support children's education development.
Film House cinemas is the fastest growing movie theater
chain in Africa. It has 4 locations currently in operation, and plans to open 5
new cinemas, before the end of 2014.
She heads to London on Sunday, where she would address students
at a school in Lambeth, London.
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