Lydia and Shane Hurlbut, ASC welcome Nigerian filmmaking entrepreneurs Carolyn Seaman and Thomas Jeffery onto the Inner Circle Podcast.

Recognized as one of Nigeria’s 20 most innovative women in Media & Tech and listed in the 50 Most Outstanding Female Pacesetters in Africa, Carolyn produces films and documentaries focused on social change. She heads the Girl Nation Film Academy where she trained hundreds of young African women to write, shoot, direct, and edit their own films. Carolyn also serves as the festival director of WIFFEN (Women’s International Film Festival: Nigeria), a nonprofit organization selected as the best company for women and girls to work globally in 2020.

Thomas Jeffery is a filmmaker who works in tandem with his wife, Carolyn, producing films and documentary projects in Nigeria and beyond. Thomas Jeffery has found Shane’s mentorship to be one of the most influential factors that has defined his growth as a filmmaker following film school. He serves as the CEO of the African film production company, Cine Culture Films. 

Their conversation explores love, gratitude, and the ripple effect that is produced by entrepreneurship. In the case of Thomas Jeffery and Carolyn, their ripple created a huge impact bringing filmmaking education to hundreds of thousands of women in Nigeria. Together, the duo started WIFFEN with the goal of celebrating women in film around the world. 

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