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Harriet video reports MON 10 MARCH

Mar 13, 2009 | No Comments | ByHarriet Fleuriot

Monday was another busy day, so busy, ahem, that I only really managed to capture one event with enough content to keep you BEV blog readers interested…

Below is a video from the Peace Mission: Welcome to Nollywood screening. The event  included a Q&A with the amazing Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima, one of Nollywood’s top producers who features in the documentary, which was about (yes, you’ve guessed it) Nollywood – the third largest film industry. I was particularly excited because this event was hosted by Zina Saro Wiwa, who was one of my favourite presenters on The Culture Show.

Closing Night Talents: GIRLCORE

Mar 13, 2009 | No Comments | ByHarriet Fleuriot

As we finish the final preparations for tonight’s Festival Awards and Closing Night Party (starting at 8pm at the ICA), I managed to get some quick questions over to GIRLCORE, to give you an idea of what you’re in for tonight….

Firstly, what is GIRLCORE?

GIRLCORE in essence is an all female collective that wants to promote female talent in the creative industries. But the most important thing is that we want to have ridiculous amounts of fun whilst doing it, which is probably why our parties have become quite infamous!

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