Chike C. Nwoffiah is an actor

Actor

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, theater director, educator and award winning filmmaker, and consultant on theater, film, television and multimedia

Multimedia

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 projects.

Listed as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential African Americans" in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

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 by CityFlight Magazine in 2000. He has served on several regional and national grant review panels including: the National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

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, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

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, Sacramento Arts Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, Arts Council Silicon Valley

Arts Council Silicon Valley

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, Walter and Elise Haas Fund and the Center for Cultural Innovation. His latest project is a feature length narrative film “Sabar” based on the African dance

African dance

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 movement in the United States

United States

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Education

• Government College, Umuahia
  Government College, Umuahia
  Government College Umuahia, is a secondary school for boys located along Umuahia Ikot Ekpene Road in Umuahia, Nigeria.Twenty years after the establishment of Kings College, the first government-owned high school, by the British colonial government, three similar public schools were founded in 1929...
  
  , Nigeria
• University of Lagos
  University of Lagos
  The University of Lagos - popularly known as Unilag - is a federal government university with a main campus located at Akoka, Yaba and a college of medicine located at Idi-Araba, all in Lagos, Lagos State, southern Nigeria...
  
  , Nigeria
• Columbia University Graduate School of Business (INM), USA
• Hollywood Film Institute, USA

Career

• President - Rhesus Media Group, California
  California
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  , USA
• Executive Director - Oriki Theater, California, USA
• Adjunct Faculty - Menlo College
  Menlo College
  Menlo College, often referred to as Menlo, is a private, four-year baccalaureate college specializing in business located in the Silicon Valley town of Atherton, California.-Campus:...
  
  , California, USA
• Principal Partner - C3 Media, Abuja
  Abuja
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  , Nigeria
• Director - Silicon Valley African Film Festival, California, USA

Community service

• Board of Trustees - Arts Council Silicon Valley (Chairman of Grants Committee)
• Board of Directors - Alliance for California Traditional Arts (VP Development)
• Advisory Board - California Black Arts Alliance
• Former President - Mountain View Community Television
• Former Vice President - Chamber of Commerce Mountain View
• Former Board member - Palo Alto
  Palo Alto, California
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   Red Cross

Community recognition

• 2000: San Francisco Bay Area Top Ten Most Influential African Americans - CityFlight Magazine.
• 2001: Kuumba Award for Creativity - Silicon Valley Jazz Arts Music Network.
• 2002: Humanitarian of the Year Award - Parent’s Coalition Mountain View.
• 2003: Freedom Fighter Award - San Jose
  San Jose, California
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   / Silicon Valley
  Silicon Valley
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   Chapter of NAACP.
• 2004: Director’s Award -California Arts Council
  California Arts Council
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• 2006: Community Service Award - Alpha Phi Alpha
  Alpha Phi Alpha
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   fraternity (Eta Sigma Lambda Chapter)
• 2007: Mover of Mountains Award - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley
  Santa Clara Valley
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• 2007: Diversity Award - Santa Clara County
  Santa Clara County, California
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   Board of Supervisors
• 2008: Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition - United States Congress
  United States Congress
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Filmography

• 2000: Growing Black in America
• 2001: Jamaica - Spirit of Enterprise
• 2002: Tantu
• 2003: A Jewel in History
• 2004: A Killing in Choctaw
• 2005: Every Drop Counts
• 2006: Bridges
• 2007: Wake Up Africa
• 2009: A Prayer for the Inauguration
• 2009: Sabar - life is a dance!

External links

• http://www.sabarthemovie.com
• http://www.rhesusmedia.com
• http://www.oriki.org
• http://www.c3media.net