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entertainment industry in Calabar, Cross River State, has fully opened its
welcoming arms to the idea of web series. Web series are now a thing because
people have hopped on the bandwagon due to the commercial success and appeal
that they have shone. With the availability of free online streaming platforms,
content creators have taken advantage of this to show off their talents. It has
resulted in the growth of web series and Calabar chose not to be left out of
the movement. Over the last 10 years, there has been a change in the film and
television scenery in Nigeria. It started with the improvement of film culture
as the age of the ‘new’ Nollywood cinema started.
Just like a break out single for a new artist, short films started to come into
view and become a sort of talent detector. Somewhere along the line, web series
started. According to Wikipedia, web series are a series of scripted or
non-scripted videos. Generally in episodic form, released on the internet and
part of the web television medium. They are longer than short films, but not
like feature films. The Awade Creative Theatre is the first production theatre
to launch Web series in the city of Calabar and its Entertainment Industry. The
Web Series titled BRAZZIER REPUBLIC is written by Ojoi Igajah and directed by
Awade Jabob. It portrays the day to day activities of tenants in a local “face
me I face you” apartment with a landlord who consistently manipulates its
tenants with the little dirty secrets he holds against them. BRAZZIER REPUBLIC
shows the struggles of common man trying to survive in a country with a hard
economy. Dealing with love, hate, anger, corruption, it aims at correcting the
ills of society. You can hook up with the series on YouTube, two episodes have
dropped and already making waves, catch up now to have your own share of
edutainment.
Source: Vanguard News Nigeria.
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