{"id":5962,"date":"2018-11-07T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/?p=5962"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:15:39","slug":"film-discussion-chat-with-film-directors-by-tj-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/film-discussion-chat-with-film-directors-by-tj-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Discussion &#8211; Chat with Film Directors by TJ Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6092 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_8141-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The film discussion held in the film room with Sade Adeniran, Bolaji Kekere-Ekun and Gordon Napier on panel. It was anchored by TJ Benson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6095 size-event-post-thumb-box\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_8168-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/>TJ opened the discussion by asking Gordon about the background to his film, 1745: An Untold Story of Slavery. He said it was made in response to Scotland\u2019s reluctance to admit its role in slave trade, and the fact that there seemed to be an erasure of slave trade activities in cinema, especially when compared to America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6093\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_8155-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>TJ went on to ask Sade why she chose animation for her work and what the process was like. She responded by saying she decided on animation because she felt she wanted to do something different, to have the Nigerian story on sketch animation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6094\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_8177-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>TJ complimented the team crew of each film and asked how they sourced them. Bolaji said networking helped. Gordon said the sisters in his film are sisters in real life; they were able to utilize that dynamic. Sade shared her background as a story writer \u2013 she has won the 2008 commonwealth prize for a novel with her debut, Imagine This \u2013 and spoke about getting an animator and a sketch artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session ended with members of the audience asking for general advice on becoming filmmakers and the consensus of the panelists was the same: identify the kind of stories you want to tell and be patient.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film discussion held in the film room with Sade Adeniran, Bolaji Kekere-Ekun and Gordon Napier on panel. It was anchored by TJ Benson. 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