Hey 29yr old Jade,
You’ve just spent the last 5 years building
@ndanitv from the ground up and you’re terrified to start again as you resign from your job to start your own company. You don’t know much about the business of film, all you have is a delulu dream that you can build something and that now is the time to take that leap. Some friends tell you they think you’ll fade into irrelevance without the backing of the biggest bank in Nigeria, some encourage you to pursue your dreams but you can sense their doubts. You leap anyway 💕
39year old Jade wishes she could tell you to not be so scared, to not be so hard on yourself, to learn to celebrate your wins and not bury your head in shame when you think you’ve failed because you actually never did fail. Every experience is molding you, the uncertainties will never really leave, in fact the stakes will only get bigger, but you will be bigger too, bigger in skill, in spirit, in heart and you’ll be able to wither many storms.
I bet in a decade, 49 year old Jade would say to me now, “oh girl, we were just getting started!”
Here’s to building
@greohstudios brick by brick. Here’s to a very bright future for the industry (it’ll take a sh*t ton of work to get there, but Naija no dey carry last, we’re ready!) Here’s to Nigerian Cinema!
VivaNollywood!
(P.S it was such a moment of pride to share the stage with my mum at the premiere of #ChristmasInLagos We had so many arguments about my dreams vs her dreams for me when I was younger, so it’s particularly humbling when I get to see her really proud of me 💕)
