Jeta Amata's ‘Real TV’ Series Fights Violence with Glitz, Glamour

Jeta Amata, director and producer of the widely acclaimed  2012 film, Black November - Struggle for the Niger Delta, now is producing Dawn in the Creeks, a television series that follows teams of young people from the Delta as they make films in the style of the fast-growing Nigerian film industry, 'Nollywood'. During a recent visit to Washington, Amata talked with allAfrica about the series.  He was joined in the conversation by Jeffrey Hawkins, the U.S. Consul General in Lagos, whose office is funding the series.

Dawn in the Creeks

Fishing was once a lucrative part of the Niger Delta economy. Today, pollution and militancy have driven the fishermen away from the creeks.

Looking for answers In every village in the oil-rich Niger Delta, young men gather in spontaneous town hall meetings, discussing future hopes and present frustrations and looking for answers and a way to be part of the resource. development in their land.

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