Wegh James Jiryila is a graduate of Theatre and Film Art at the university of Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. He is a Filmmaker, photojournalist, and storyteller/scriptwriter. He is a facilitator at A’DOO CAM CO., a film and media enterprise, through which he teaches script writing and has carried out projects across Nigeria training young filmmakers and media practitioners in Nigeria.
He is working with Accountability Lab Nigeria after working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a cinematographer/videographer and scriptwriter on Changing the Narrative on Farmer Herder Crises. He is currently the scriptwriter and producer at Kerts Multimedia Creation, where he is exploring advocacy programmes using audio/visual storytelling.
As a filmmaker, he has been able to use film as a medium (tool) for advocacy and positive change. He is changing the narrative, using film as a tool for social impact. Some of his projects include:
In my little way, I am changing the narrative through impactful social change storytelling. That is why we are currently working on another impactful story, choking, a true life sexual abuse and domestic violence story, for which I was privileged to meet and talk to the victim.
