Adewale Olukayode studies at Columbia University’s MFA program for Screenwriting/Directing. His directing work has been nominated for two NY Emmy Awards in 2014, including WE ARE ONE which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival as part of its Youth Initiative. His latest short film, HOME, about two immigrant brothers from Nigeria pitted against each other when one pursues the American Dream and the other gets fed up by the cycle of oppression that defines it. The film, currently awaiting a festival run, was recently nominated for the NAACP Image Awards in the Outstanding Short Form (Live Action) category.