Bolanle Austen-Peters says everything she does must have global excellence

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In an interview on Rubbin’ Minds the director of Netflix’s House of Ga’a said that she wants people to see the best of Nigeria in her films.

Austen-Peters’ introduction to storytelling began in the theatre, having directed many stage plays including Saro, the Musical. She said now that she works with motion picture, she draws on her theatre muscles to produce the best.

She added that she makes films with the intention that it gets to a global audience.

“We see movies abroad and they spend billions of dollars to give you the content they give you for you to chew. In Nigeria, we have to get to the point where we cannot compromise. We cannot compromise talents. We cannot think that we’re operating for a local audience. The world is smaller. Everything you do here is seen across many oceans in nanoseconds. I’m not operating with the mindset that this is local. I’m operating with a mindset that whatever I do must have that global standard of excellence in it,” she said.

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Watch the full interview below:

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