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122 || FASHION MAGAZINE || MARCH 2015look at films like Hotel Rwanda and Johnny Mad Dog in which both give a historical perspective. A film from Ireland titled Front-Line is a wonderful film about immigrants coming into Ireland during the blue period. To gain a clearer understanding, Kae-Kazim%u2019s suggested films, would be the first ones to watch. He goes on to say, %u201cWe have to tell our stories because that is the only way people of color can change the discrimination inherent in the Hollywood movie industry.%u201d His hopes for the future are to make strides in establishing not only a movie academy in Nigeria, but also creating %u2018world class work%u2019 in Nollywood (Nigeria%u2019s film industry). %u201cThese are all things I would love to do when I have the headspace and time to go out there and set it up and really take ownership, for these kinds of ideas to take shape you really need to be on the ground there and it can%u2019t be done half-heartedly. You have to take a year or two to be completely involved to make these things happen and work in collaboration with stakeholders, so I am hoping that one day we all can come together and do what is necessary. People are crying out for it, and I would love to be part of making that happen. It%u2019s important for Africans and African Americans to produce their stories, as I have with both movies Black November and 2011%u2019s Man On Ground. My job as a producer at that particular time was to try and raise money, make it for as little as possible and make the film happen...to gain the support of various people that would help put this piece of work together.%u201d The story Kae-Kazim would most like to tell first would be the history of the making of Nigeria, from Lord Lugard up through Nigerian independence in 1962. He would also love to tell the story of the worst Nigerian villain, in his opinion, Sani Abacha, who was an Army general and politician and who served as de facto president of Nigeria from 1993-1998. %u201cFor me he personifies the downfall of a great nation. The effect that one man had on the potential of a great nation for his own greed...He is a more contemporary sort of villain. I find him fascinating because his is the story of Nigeria, one of the most populous countries in Africa. I%u2019d like to tell the story of his period of leadership...where the country was economically brought to its knees by the corruption and deeds of one man.%u201d After that, perhaps >>>>>