Since the launch of Netflix in Nigeria five years ago, Nollywood movies and series have been aired worldwide.
Netflix also build strong relationships with top Nigerian film producers like Kunle Afolayan.
Netflix has confirmed its latest partnership with Kunle Afolayan’s KAP Productions to produce three original feature films, which includes a screen adaptation of ‘Swallow’ Sefi Atta’s 2010 novel.
Set in the 1980s in Lagos Nigeria, ‘Swallow’ follow the story of a naïve secretary whom, after a series of career woes, considers a drug trafficking offer from her roommate, Rose Adamson, to work as a mule in Lagos.
Cast members include Chioma Akpotha, Deyemi Okanlawon, Ijeoma Grace Agu, Omotunde Adebowale, Eniola Badmus, Mercy Aigbe, Kelvin Ikeduba, Joke Muyiwa, BBNaija reality star Thin Tall Tony and Olusegun Akinremi.