Movie director and cinematographer, Kemi Adetiba in a chat with CNN’s ‘African Voices’ where she talked about her career, her next moves and why she s
Movie director and cinematographer, Kemi Adetiba in a chat with CNN’s ‘African Voices’ where she talked about her career, her next moves and why she started the series, ‘King Women’, has vowed that she would one day bring home the Oscar.
Kemi whose father is veteran sports broadcast journalist, Dele Adetiba and mother, Mayen Adetiba, a former President of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Nigeria and thrice Vice-President of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, said, she knew that the highly praised ‘The Wedding Party’ movie which she directed was going to be a success because of her approach towards making the movie.
“The greatest thing you can do for yourself is every time you have the opportunity to handle someone’s project, knock it out the park, and that is what I live by every day,” Kemi Adetiba said.
Explaining why she decided to be behind the camera, Kemi Adetiba tells CNN, “I was questioning my longevity in front of the camera. I’d also find it intriguing when I would go off for shoots with the cameramen. So I said to myself: ‘Instead of just wasting a couple of years, how about I learn a new craft while I’m doing that? What is the thing that I want to learn now? What is the thing that will take my career to the next level? And it is being a director.’”
Explaining to CNN why she launched the ‘King Women’ project, Kemi says: “The reason why I developed ‘King Women’ is because I wanted women to see these role models of the earth, these women that we draw inspiration from that we put on pedestals, I wanted them to see them in their glory, but also understand that they have also gone through life, and life for them was not easy. People need to hear these stories, and I’m so grateful to everyone who gave me their time to make this series.”
In terms of looking to the future and her upcoming projects, Kemi explains that she still has her eyes set on international success. “I honestly do believe that winning an Oscar is going to come very soon, I’ve given myself two to five years to bring it home,” she said.
