An Evening with the Icon, Femi Odugbemi hosted by Terra Kulture, the most vibrant cultural centre in Lagos last Sunday, November 13, 2022 at #1376 Tiamiyu Savage Street on Victoria Island.  It was an unforgettable evening to unwind, dine and wine with distinguished personalities in the creative Industry of Corporate Nigeria such as veteran TV broadcaster and actress, Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede; Tunde Kelani, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Steve Gukas, President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) Victor Okhai, Mrs. Iyaabode Aboaba, the Chief Operating Officer at Freedom Park on the Lagos Island and Mrs. Bolanle Austen-Peters, outstanding award winning filmmaker, theater producer and cultural entrepreneur who is the Founder and Artistic Director of BAP Productions and owner of Terra Kulture. The event celebrated Femi Odugbemi who is of the rare breed of few people who are amiable, credible, humble and noble in Nollywood and the Nigerian film described as a force to reckon with locally and interna...

The most accomplished black female filmmaker is without dispute, Ava Marie DuVernay , the outstanding award winning African American film director, producer and screenwriter. And following in her trail blazers' status is the French Senegalese Filmmaker, Mati Diop who just became the first black woman to make the Official Selection of the annual Cannes Film Festival in the competition for the Palme d'Or. You can read more about her on my previous updates or read Tambay Obenson's article on https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/mati-diop-atlantiques-first-black-woman-cannes-2019-1202059926/ .