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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

As she celebrates her birthday on Monday, February 4, Nollywood actress Ademoye Aisha Abimbola, popularly known as Bimbo Ademoye has revealed how supportive her father has been to her acting career. Bimbo said, "My dad fully supported me. He even took me to my first audition. I mean, my dad raised me alone as he was a single father ; so, it was the only opinion that mattered and he was in full support". The 2018 Nollywood Best supporting Actress further stated that she has always been passionate about acting. "I have always had the passion for acting since I was a kid. It just had to be acting. I started by going for auditions. I went for every audition that I heard of and could find. Eventually, I got discovered by the amazing Uduak Isong-Oguamanam. The first movie I acted in was a short film by Eva George titled - Where Talent Lies". Bimbo also revealed the most challenging movie she has featured in. " The most challenging movie I have worked