Million-Dollar Tribeca Film Festival Winner Reunites With His Artistic and Corporate Sponsors

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The proof is in the pre-production.

Faraday Okoro, winner of this year’s inaugural Tribeca Film Festival “Untold Stories” pitch competition, through which he garnered a $1 million prize from presenting sponsor AT&T, flew directly from Lagos, Nigeria to Los Angeles to attend this weekend’s panel discussion on the Warner Bros. studio lot. In Nigeria, Okoro spent a week scouting locations and meeting with actors for his drama Nigerian Prince, which will premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.

Joining him on stage Saturday afternoon at the Steven J.

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