A filmmaker/storyteller based in Sierra Leone (Salone) and LA, amplifying Salonean/African stories for a better future.
Company
JUNGLE BIZNEZ MEDIA & PRODUCTIONS
Talent Agent
Nichols ent.
I am an African filmmaker, storyteller and artist with a passion and affinity for Pan-Africanism, presently splitting time between Los Angeles and Freetown. I come from an acting background, earning an African Movie Academy Award-nomination as Best Actor in the feature film Soul Diaspora. I now write, produce, and direct, having recently completed a short film whose screenplay I authored, and with a documentary in post-production.
When interpreting roles or producing films, I draw my inspiration from my lived experience of migrating through the African continent from west to east and north to south as a teenager and young adult. This early experience shaped my vision and commitment to nurture, amplify, and contribute to bringing our collective African voice to the present, in the hope that we can reshape our future. Cinema is a medium that fascinated me from a very young age; I sees it as one of the most effective tools to combat injustice and inequality. The idea of living and working in Los Angeles as an artist was a far-fetched dream that has now become a reality. A life-long student of the arts, I continue to hone my work and participate in creative collaborative spaces. I am now building a production and post-production company based in Freetown.
  • Acting (3 Credits)
    Soul Diaspora
    Feature
    When Nature Calls2022
    Short
    The Lost Number2011
    Feature
  • Producer (2 Credits)
    When Nature Calls2022
    Short
    PAPA2011
    Short
  • Writer (1 Credit)
    When Nature Calls2022
    Short
  • Director (1 Credit)
    When Nature Calls2022
    Short
Honorable mention
PAPA

Manhattan, New York
2013
official selection
PAPA

Los Angeles
2013
official selection
The Lost Number
Pan African Film festival
Los Angeles
2012
Best Film by an African filmmaker in Diaspora(winner), Best Actor Nominee, AMAA achievement in sound Nominee,
Soul Diaspora
African Movie Academy Awards
Bayelsa
2010
Audience Favorite Narrative Award
Soul Diaspora
Pan African Film Festival
Los Angeles
2010
Birth Date
December 12, 1980
Nickname
Sadiq Abu
Birth City
Freetown
Current City
Freetown/ Los Angeles
Hometown
Freetown/ Los Angeles
Height
6'
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Black/African
Eye Color
Other
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Married To
n/a
Children
n/a
A filmmaker/storyteller based in Sierra Leone (Salone) and LA, amplifying Salonean/African stories for a better future.
Company
JUNGLE BIZNEZ MEDIA & PRODUCTIONS
Talent Agent
Nichols ent.
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