German film icon, Dorothee Wenner, hits Nigeria with second screen project

HER love and passion for African cinema is remarkable. Thus, apart from serving on the jury of the prestigious Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Dorothee Wenner’s first expedition of Nollywood, the biggest film industry in Africa came with Peace Mission, a documentary on the Nigerian motion picture industry through the eyes of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder and CEO of AMAA.

On Wednesday July, 24, 2013, Wenner will again stage a Nigerian premiere of what she says is not a film about business, but a business on screen. Entitled DramaConsult, the premiere, which is planned in association with Film House Surulere, comes up at the Leisure Mall of the cinema outfit by 7pm.

According to Wenner, DramaConsult is the name of an international consulting company which was invented for the documentary: “That was necessary because the services that explore and evaluate the striking reality of German-Nigerian business relations through concrete case studies, are not yet available in the market.”

Investing in Nigeria is the best kept secret in the world – says Dolapo Ajayi, a high-end real estate developer from Lagos and very much an insider in this business landscape. DramaConsult strives to disclose this secret – with the active support of Ajayi himself and two further protagonists from the Nigerian metropolis: Sam Aniama is an experienced spare parts dealer, specializing in Volkswagen and Mercedes. Femi Oladipo, good looking start-up entrepreneur, manufactures shoes for fashion addicted Nigerian customers. As supporting team, DramaConsult backs up the three entrepreneurs with two ambitious consultants: Biyi Olugbodi and Jude Fejokwu; a short briefing for all participants and off they go. Their mission is the acquisition of German business partners and investors.

The drama is an ethnographic expedition from Africa to Europe. The protagonists are real life businessmen from Lagos: A spare parts dealer, a real estate developer and a young shoe manufacturer with high-flying plans. Accompanied by two smart business consultants, the group travels to Germany to link up with potential partners and investors.

The film tracks the process of economic intervention as an adventure trip in the era of globalization.

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