A Nigerian movie centred on Nigerian email scammers has won a $1million AT&T grant at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
The proposed new movie titled Nigerian Prince was written and directed by Faraday Okoro and produced by Biyi Bandele and Oscar Hernandez-Topete.

Nigerian Prince was announced winner on Thursday, April 19 at the film fiesta after a hard-fought pitching session tagged ‘AT&T Presents: Untold Stories’ featuring scripts from four other talented filmmakers.

Nigerian Prince is based on the notorious email scams that have proved a plague to both local and international law authorities.

The plot centres around a stubborn Nigerian-America teenager who is sent to Nigeria against his will. Things took an unexpected turn when the protagonist joins forces with an internet scammer, in order to return to the United States.