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The 2023 Pan African Film Festival Los Angeles, CA. USA Featured Film
YE! From The Jagun Series is a powerful original film + soundtrack project collaboration from Nigerian-American Director John Oluwole ADEkoje and label Teknimension. It is a cinematic and auditory experience design concept scored by Composer Hank Shocklee with cutting-edge spatial, surround sound technology from Dolby Atmos for an immersive experience from the film's start to end.
Dakore Egbuson-Akande and Tony Okungbowa star in "YE"!
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Dakore Egbuson-Akande portrays Stellar who is a Nigerian doctor living with her husband and young daughter in Nigeria. Her family is murdered by a teen soldier, leaving her haunted by their morose and menacing spirits. Their traumatic deaths initiate her into a celestial league of womenwho serve as her guides as she seeks to avenge them. Years later, she locates their killer who is working as a cab driver in Boston. During their journey, Stellar takes Lenny on a cat-and-mouse game until she gets the answers she's looking for. Once delivered, her catharsis leads to a crossing over that will change Lenny’s life forever. Blogger's Review Quote: "Compelling, riveting, believable storytelling and direction by John Oluwole ADEkoje backed with impeccably convincing role portrayal of Stellar by Dakore Egbuson-Akande that is answered with equal acting fire by Tony Okungbowa as Lenny." Rych McCain - Rych McCain's Hollyhood Notes!
John Oluwole ADEkoje Wrote and Directed YE! Co-Owner Jagun Fly Productions
John Oluwole ADEkoje is a Nigerian-American filmmaker who examines the crossroad at which African and African-American filmmaking meet. John was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Nigerian parents. A first generation American, his family relocated back to Kaduna, Nigeria when he was 9 years old and he lived there untilhe returned to the United States to attend the University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse. John later pursued a double MFA in filmmaking and dramatic writing from Humboldt State University, where he began his exploration of what he termed the “Language of the Diaspora”. The “Language of the Diaspora” served as the foundation of his search for ways to create work that imagines and embodies the future of Afrocentric visual storytelling. Culturally a dual citizen, he was keenly aware that African storytelling was not considered in the American traditional canon. John is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. 
Dakore Egbuson-Akande“Stellar”Dakore is currently starring in the hit Nigerian legal series Castle & Castle on Netflix.Mrs. Akande is based in Lagos, Nigeria, where she has appeared in over 50 films,including Coming From Insanity (Currently on Netflix; nominated for the best firstfeature narrative in the 2020 Pan African Film Festival and winner of the Audiencechoice award for best feature film at the Pressplay Film festival 2019), IsokenCurrently on Netflix; African Academy Award winner for Best Lead Actress), ChiefDaddy, The Set Up, New Money, Journey to Self, Lunch Time Heroes, and Fifty. 
Tony Okungbowa“Lenny”Tony is currently a series regular on the hit CBS show Bob ? Abishola as thecharacter ‘Kofo’. Mr. Okungbowa was executive producer of and acted in the filmRestless City, which had its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. Hisfilmography includes Mother Of George (Sundance, 2013), Echo Park (2014) andWhere is Kyra? (2017). His television acting roles include guest spots on The XFiles, Ray Donovan, Ballers, NCIS Los Angeles, Law & Order SVU and NYPD Blue.Mr. Okungbowa was also the resident DJ for The Ellen Degeneres Show for adecade. 
Hank ShockleeYE! Film Producer & Score ComposerHank Shocklee is a music producer, sound designer, and composer. He is a 2013Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and a 2018 GRAMMY Hall of Fame inducteeas a founder & producer of seminal hip hop group Public Enemy. In 2004, his workwas inducted into the National Recording Registry at the U.S. Library of Congress.In 2021, he was inducted into the Consumer Technology Association (CT) Hall ofFame for his work as a musical innovator. Over the years, Hank Shocklee's musichas appeared on the big screen in numerous films such as Do The Right Thing,Juice, American Gangster, Star Trek Beyond, Friday Night Lights, Atomic Blonde,Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Hot Tub Time Machine, Cloudy with a Chance ofMeatballs, Jarhead, Ghost Dog, The Simpsons, and He Got Game. Shocklee hasalso been featured extensively in documentaries such as Unsung, Soundbreaking:Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, 808, Sound of Song,PressPausePlay and Copyright Criminals. Hank Shocklee serves as YE!'s FilmProducer & Composer. YE's film score was designed by Shocklee with cutting-edgespatial, surround sound technology from Dolby Atmos for an immersive experiencefrom the film's start to end.
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