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'Clemency' Filmmaker, Chinonye Chukwu wins Sundance Grand Jury Prize


Chinonye Chukwu who is a Nigerian-American filmmaker has won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize.

Chukwu is a Nigerian-born, Alaskan raised filmmaker, screenwriter and director who wrote and directed 'Clemency' which stars Alfred Woodard as a prison warden struggling with the emotional demands of her job.

Chinonye will be directing the adaptation of former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown's memoir, 'A Taste of Power'.


Chinonye is the first African Woman in history to win Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize U.S. Dramatic entry as she won this Prize for her movie, 'Clemency'.


Chinonye formerly directed the 2012 drama 'alaskaLand', and she has been directing short films since 2009.


According to Deadline, chinonye and Alyssa Hill will work together in the memoir, 'A Taste of Power'- 'A Black Woman's Story'.


Chukwu joins Ryan Coogler, Damien Chazelle, Rebecca Miller, Desiree Akhavan, Debra Granik and other big names as winning the Grand Jury Prize for  their U.S Dramatic entries.



Other Grand Jury Prize winners include Joanna Hogg's "The Souvenir", Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska's " Honeyland" and Nanfu Wang's "One Child Nation".



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