Branwen Okpako was born in 1969 in Nigeria. She studied Political Science and Economics in England, followed by studies in Film Direction at the German Film & Television Academy Berlin (dffb) from 1992-2000. Her films include: the shorts "Probe" (1992), "Frida Film" (1993), "Vorspiel" (1994), "Landing" (1995), "Market Forces" (1996), "Searching for Taid" (1997) and "Love Love Liebe" (1998), and the features "Dirt for Dinner" ("Dreckfresser", 2000) - winner of the Bavarian documentary film prize "The Young Lion" and "First Prize" at the Dubrovnik Documentary Film Festival in 2001, "Valley of the Innocent" ("Tal der Ahnungslosen", 2003), and "The Education of Auma Obama" ("Die Geschichte der Auma Obama", 2011).

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