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Africa: Oscar Disqualification Sparks Push for Films in Native Languages
VOA, 18 November 2019
Nigeria's Oscar Committee is urging the country's filmmakers to use more native languages in their productions. This, after the U.S. Academy Awards disqualified a Nigerian… Read more »
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Nigeria: Film on Nigerian Sex Workers Disqualified from Oscars
Vanguard, 12 November 2019
Following the disqualification of Nigeria's first-ever Oscar entry, Lionheart, last week by The Academy, another country's entry reportedly has just been disqualified. Read more »
Film on Nigerian Sex Workers Disqualified from Oscars
The Austrian movie, Joy, is about Nigerian sex-workers in Vienna, but the Academy says it has too much dialogue in English. The film was submitted in the Best International Feature Film category. The film mixes Pidgin, English and German in its 101-minute run time. This is the second film to be ruled ineligible to compete after Nigeria's Lionheart was disqualified on the same grounds.
A still from the film "Joy" which follows Nigerian women trafficked for sex in Europe.
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Joy - Sudabeh Mortezai Film Trailer
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Joy earns money through sex work, trying to pay off her 'madam' to earn her freedom. Joy has almost paid her off when she is asked to supervise ... see more »
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The film, Joy, follows the difficult life of a young Nigerian woman who works on the street to pay off her debt and support her family back home. Thousands of women have been lured ... Read more »
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The Academy has disqualified Nigeria's Lionheart from the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category "for having too much dialogue in English". It was the first ... Read more »
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