The National Film and Video
Censors Board (NFVCB) has premiered
“Poverty Cure”, a film documentary on human creative capacity development and
entrepreneurial mind set as remedies to poverty in developing societies.
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screening held on Friday night at the closing ceremony of the 2018
Nigerian Universities Theatre Arts Festival (NUTAF) held from June 4 to 9 at
the NDLEA Training School in Jos.
The film premiere was part of the mentorship programme on entrepreneurship, film verification and rating,
launched by the board for Theatre Arts undergraduates in Nigerian Universities
at the event.
Over 600 undergraduates drawn from 25 universities,
as well as scholars and other stakeholders in the motion picture industry
were present at the premiere.
Mr Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director of the board said that inline with mentorship initiative, the board decided to
premiere the film at the event to build entrepreneurial dispositions in young
Nigerians.
“ The theme
for this programme is “‘Nurturing a Vibrant Film and Video Culture for Economic
Prosperity”,’and that is why we decided to expose the students to this
masterpiece to develop enterprenuerial spirit in them.
“”As the key regulator of the Nigerian motion
picture industry, the board has decided to bring practical knowledge of how the
sector works to these potential filmmakers to secure the future of our movie
industry.
“”With the right mindset and knowledge, they can
become creators of jobs and contribute to our GDP as soon as they leave school.
“”Instead of keep giving our youths fish, it is high
time we thought them how to fish for them to contribute their quota to their
communities and society at large”, ”he said
He explained further that the board, under his
watch was set to take its mentorship initiatives to all universities were
Theatre Art is studied.
He added that to sustain the initiative, students
would be trained and mentored, and will in turn train other students.
The film documentary ‘Poverty Cure’,
produced by Acton Institute in Michiga
United Staes, seeks to ground the battle against local and global poverty in a
proper understanding of the humans needs and society.
It recommends solutions that foster opportunity
and unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of the developing world.
The
six-part documentary is hosted by American researcher and director of the award-winning
documentary ‘Poverty,
Inc’.,Michael
Miller.
The
sub topics on the film include Charity that Hurts,The Entrepreneural Calling,Justice for
the Poor,among others.
It
presents experiences and recommendations by political and religious
leaders,entrepreneurs, missionaries and renowed development experts across Europe, Latin America, Asia and
Africa,incuding Ghana,Rwanda and Kenya.
“”When we put
the person at the center of our economic thinking, we transform the way we look
at wealth and poverty.
“”Instead of
asking what causes poverty, we begin to ask, what causes wealth? What are the
conditions for human flourishing from which prosperity can grow,””the synopsis
says
It
emphasises enterprises creation instead of aids, wealth creation,open trade and
competition,among other things as antidote to extreme poverty.
Stakeholders and students who were present at
the premiere commended the initiative,and described the film as inspiring and
theurapeutic.
They
however, noted that experiences of Nigerians as the the most populous country
in Afrrica, with alot of creative people, ought to be captured in the
documentary.