A Will of Iron Premiere - Nigerian's Winning Film Builds Bridges

One of the winners of the Sundance Institute's Short Film Challenge - an international shorts program designed to spark global conversation highlighting human ingenuity and the imaginative solutions real people are creating to overcome challenges such as extreme hunger and poverty - is A Will Of Iron, directed by Seyi Fabunmi and Mobolaji Adeolu from Nigeria. A true life story of a homeless blacksmith living under the Third Mainland Bridge (the longest bridge in Africa) in Lagos for 15 years. He speaks of his struggles, hopes, and dreams in this online premiere. Mobolaji Adeolu tells allAfrica about the road that led him to the Sundance Film Festival...

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Filmmaker Mobolaji Adeolu.

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