'The Black Book' garnered 5.6 million views just 48 hours after its Sept. 22 release and by its second week was featured among the top 10 titles in 69 countries, according to Netflix.
“The reality for us is that we made a film, made by Nigerians, funded by Nigerian money, go global,” says producer Editi Effiong. / Photo: AP
It garnered 5.6 million views just 48 hours after its Sept. 22 release and by its second week was featured among the top 10 titles in 69 countries, according to Netflix. Nollywood's latest blockbuster, “The Black Book,” is a $1 million movie financed with the support of a team of experts and founders in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem and is Effiong’s first feature film.
To cover their tracks, the police kill a young man framed as the suspect in the kidnapping not knowing he was the only child of a former special operative who abandoned his weapons for the pulpit. For Edima, justice for his son comes at a cost. One by one, he hunts down the officers behind his son' s death, leading him to the army general behind the plot — coincidentally his former boss.He believes Nigeria is not doing a good job of teaching its history in the schools and letting young people understand how the country’s past is shaping the present.
“We must tell the truth in spite of the circumstances," he said."Justice is important for everyone: the people we like and the people we do not like — especially the people we do not like,” he said.
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