{"id":644942,"date":"2019-06-13T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"
\"Nigerian-American<\/p>\n
\n
\"Nigerian-American<\/div>\n

Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah examines racism, prejudice and stereotypes in new thought provoking film, \u2018Luce\u2019.<\/p>\n

In the gripping trailer for the movie, viewers are presented with a plot that raises discussions on the depth of stereotypes, especially in America.<\/p>\n

\u2018Luce\u2019 follows Luce Edgar (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a model student that pleases the parents (Naomi Watts and Tim Roth) who adopted him from a war-torn African nation.<\/p>\n

While they love him, they still harbour concerns that he might be haunted by the violent trauma of his past as he was a child-soldier in Eritrea.<\/p>\n

When Luce\u2019s teacher, Harriet (Oscar-winning actress, Octavia Spencer) discovers the well-researched paper he wrote about political violence, she begins to investigate.<\/p>\n

However, her investigations seems to harbour prejudice and her discoveries set off a chain of events that will change everyone\u2019s lives forever.<\/p>\n

\u2018Luce\u2019 made its debut at the Sundance Festival 2019 where it was one of the most debated movies, and the trailer shows why Onah was praised for the filmmaking.<\/p>\n

Onah, who was born in Benue state, was raised in the Philippines, Nigeria, Togo and the United Kingdom before moving to Arlington County, Virginia with his diplomat father, Adoga Onah.<\/p>\n

He received his B.A. in theater from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

He completed an M.F.A. from the graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he was selected as a Dean\u2019s Fellow.<\/p>\n

Onah\u2019s work has screened at festivals around the world including Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, London, Dubai, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Camerimage.<\/p>\n

In 2010, he was selected as one of Filmmaker magazine\u2019s 25 New Faces of Independent Film.<\/p>\n

In 2013, he was selected as one of Studio System\u2019s 10 Up and Up Feature Directors and Forbes Magazine\u2019s 13 African Celebrities To Watch.<\/p>\n

\n
Get more stories like this on Twitter<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n