Chinenye a very good actress, who put so much Emotions to her acting back then and made it look so real..
Seun grew up witnessing gross police brutality against his family, including his father's assault and his grandmother's police encounter which took her life.
Chinonye Chukwu
Nigerian American film director
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Born | () May 19, (age39) Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian-American |
Occupation | Film director |
Yearsactive | present |
Notable work | Clemency Till |
Chinonye Chukwu (CHEE-noh-yə CHOO-koo;[1] born May 19, [2]) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till.
She is the first African-American woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.[2][3]
Early life and education
Chukwu was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
When she was just over a year old, her family moved to Oklahoma, and moved again to Fairbanks, Alaska when she was six.[2] They visited Nigeria often.[2]
Growing up in Alaska, Chukwu was often the only African-American in her classes, and she struggled to fit in.Throughout her childhood she dealt with Seasonal affective disorder, which was exa