Nigerian Prince (2018)

Stubborn American teenager Antonio J. Bell is sent against his will to live with his aunt in Nigeria in hopes that he will connect with his native roots. On his first day in country, he meets his scam artist older cousin Chinaza Uche who convinces him to join in a con that could get him money needed to return home. I’ve generally dug the Nigerian films I’ve checked out and it was interesting to see the culture here through a more American lens. Maybe it’s a differences in culture issue, but it was hard for me from the get-go to get over the idea of parents lying to and then sending their child alone to a country the child has never been without any forewarning of what to expect. When the film switches over to Uche’s experiences, I found the story more interesting as I hadn’t been aware that the Nigerian Prince scam often actually comes from Nigeria and that there’s a whole scamming industry there.