Troublemaker
Best Short Of The Festival Nominee
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- Relative States
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- 11min
- Narrative Short
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- 2019
On an excruciatingly hot day in East Nigeria, a young boy learns the hard way that all actions have consequences. Troublemaker is a coming of age story about masculinity and violence. What are the devastating effects of war across different generations and on local communities?
Olive Nwosu was born in Nigeria. In 2020 she became a BAFTA Scholar. She is also an Alex Sichel Fellow at Columbia University School of the Arts and an African Promises director of the Institut Français’ Africa-2020 programme. Her work is informed by her experiences across multiple continents.
Representative
Columbia University School of the Arts, Film Program
ao2324@columbia.edu