Nigerian’s Chinonye Chukwu becomes first black woman to win Sundance biggest prize

A Nigerian-American filmmaker, Chinonye Chukwu, emerged the first Black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for her U.S. Dramatic entry, “Clemency.’’ Chukwu, is a Nigerian-born, Alaskan-raised screenwriter, producer and director, whose works had received several recognition,…