Genevieve Nnaji's 'I Do Not Come To You By Chance' to screen at AFRIFF 2023

Five years have passed since the actress's Netflix original film, "Lionheart" (2018).I Do Not Come To You By Chance, directed by Genevieve Nnaji, will be screened at the current Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF).The film, which is an adaptation of the same-titled, award-winning debut novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, follows the tale of Kingsley, a first-born son who finds it difficult to support his family as his sick father's income declines.The director describes the movie as "a universal story. It’s a story of family, a story of ambition and a story of greed. Confidence scams or tricks have existed for over a century, since the Spanish prisoner letters in the 1800s, and the Nigerian Prince or 419 scams are an evolution of this. They have taken their own notoriety over the decades, but the book provided a more nuanced narrative which made it a lot more interesting to read, and to imagine as a film. The producers and I put a lot of care and thought into the development and production of the film and I think our adaptation of I Do Not Come To You By Chance beautifully reflects the intersection of Nigerian literature and film."