Just five days after its debut on Netflix, “The Black Book,” has hit the number one position worldwide on the video streaming platform, according to Flixpatrol.
This is Editi Effiong’s directorial debut and the Nollywood film is about a bereaved deacon, Paul Erima (played by veteran actor Richard Mofe-Damijo) taking justice into his own hands after his son is framed for a kidnapping. He fights a corrupt police gang to absolve him of both his crimes and his sins.
The film “Black Book” surpassed foreign titles like “Love at First” and “Spy Kids Armageddon” from Tuesday, September 26, 2023 till end of Wednesday September, 2023.
This is the first time in the history of African film industry where a Nigerian production has achieved the coveted top spot on Netflix’s worldwide platform.
The interesting thing about this film is the involvement of top Nigerian fintech gurus as executive producers, such as Gbenga Agboola, founder and CEO of Flutterwave; Kola Aina, founding partner at Ventures Partner; Olumide Soyombo, co-founder of Blue Chip Technologies; Nadayar Enegesi, co-founder of Eden Life; and Prosper Otemuyiwa, co-founder and CTO of Eden Life.
Others are Adesunbomi Plumptre, co-founder of Volition Capital; Ezra Olubi, co-founder of Paystack; Odunayo Oweniyi, co-founder and COO of Piggyvest; Somto Ifezue, co-founder of Piggyvest; Joshua Chibueze, co-founder and CEO of Piggyvest.
The movie was co-written by Bukunmi Ajakiye, produced by Lala Akindoju, and shot by Yinka Edward, and it is said to have cost a million-dollar to produce.
We hope that the project hs a positive return on investment.
