Zuriel Oduwole Makes Movie History TODAY in Lagos

Zuriel welcomes Topfields Students at Movie Showing

Zuriel Oduwole, born to parents from Nigerian and Mauritius and having lives in both countries over time, made movie history today November 27th 2014, when her current documentary - A Promising Africa, was shown on the big screen at Film House Cinema. She becomes the youngest person in the world to have their self produced work show in a commercial movie theater, on the big screen.

Students, teachers and invited guests complete with popcorn and drinks, flocked to screen 2 of the Film House Cinema Surulere - Lagos location, in the Leisure Mall on Adeniran Ogunsanya street in the suburbs of Lagos Mainland. The first showing at 10:30AM got under way in front of TV reporters and the general media. The next showing is on Friday November 28th at 10:30AM.

Her first documentary at age 9 was on the Ghana Revolution, and she interviewed Presidents Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor. Her second documentary at age 10 was on the effect of the 1963 OAU on African countries. She met and interviewed the Presidents of Malawi, Tanzania and Mauritius for that project. Her current project which she started at age 11, is a series that would profile 5 African countries, over the next 4 years, showing the positive developments in Africa, and the people leading this charge.

Zuriel first burst onto the global scene in the summer 2013, when at age 10, she became the youngest person in the world to be interviewed for a full feature in the iconic Forbes Magazine, because of her work on child education advocacy. She has spoken with 14 Presidents and Prime Ministers, about the need to support children's education development.

Film House cinemas is the fastest growing movie theater chain in Africa. It has 4 locations currently in operation, and plans to open 5 new cinemas, before the end of 2014.