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For The Love Of Movies... Can We Talk?Watch Trailer For Intriguing Short Film About Nigerian Scam Artists 'Four One Nine'
Four One Nine is the latest in what seems to be a trend of films dealing with those Nigerian email scams, like the British made feature, Woolwich Boys, which Courtney profiled last fall HERE.
Etseyatse, who has a backgound working as a production assistant on several TV series and feature films, in New York, has previously directed five short films, including Mikel's Faith which made the film festival circuit last year.
And for his latest film, which deals with two British/Nigerian brothers who are involved in an illegal mail business, which one brother wants to end while the other "just wants to do one more job" is already scheduled to be shown at some film festivals in February, including the Pan African Film Festival in L.A., the San Diego Black Film Festival, New Voices in Black Cinema in Brooklyn and Anecdotes of a Nigeria: 4 Short Films in New York.
Here's the trailer for the film; just judging form the complexity of the story and the solid production values, it's hard to believe that it's only a 15 minute short and not a feature length film.
9 Comments
fufuandoreos | January 23, 2013 1:56 PM
this is amazing. this is good.
getthesenets | January 23, 2013 11:51 AM
I go chop your dollar!!!
Bill Johnson | January 23, 2013 5:54 AM
It was a Great film to shoot. I'm glad people like what they see.
Colin Seed | January 22, 2013 11:59 PM
Terrific trailer, I want to see the feature. Only 15 minutes wow!
stacey muhammad | January 22, 2013 11:39 PM
Yes indeed!
Vann Digital Networks | January 22, 2013 11:09 PM
trailer for a short film??? might as well show the whole damn movie
NinaG | January 22, 2013 6:31 PM
I recognize a face from Alaskaland!
This looks like it might be good...
WB2 | January 22, 2013 1:56 PM
I am excited for this film. And the talent. It looks sharp. Concise. Interesting to see the tumultuous issue of the '419' stigma for Nigerians addressed in this way. I've worked with Vlad before. He is DEFINITELY a new, rare talent to watch. Go VLAD GOOOO!