‘Akpovo’, an Urhobo word, means One World.
We love telling stories, stories of humankind from an African essence - stories, on screen, on stage, in spoken word.
At SquareGlobe, we embrace the African philosophy of the union of opposites, of both/and, instead of either/or.
Through the SquareGlobe lens, we share stories of the human diaspora; Collective universal stories based on the essence of people of African descent. The themes are unapologetically candid and uncompromising because they embody our power, our value and provide us moral compass.
The stories portray love, struggles, betrayals, marital relationships, death, fractured family. They celebrate heroes, point at villains, appraise beauty. They are funny, poignant, sad, and in between. For these are the universal, timeless experiences of humankind.
Godwin started his film and theater career in Lagos, Nigeria. Godwin participated in the growing theater industry and the nascent television and film industry that has led to Nollywood success. He worked with Nigerian masters, such as Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature and Chinua Achebe. Before leaving Nigeria, he wrote, directed and sold his first children’s TV series, Bubbles, consisting of 13 episodes to the Nigerian Television Authority--the first children's series produced in Nigeria. He also worked as an Arts Columnist for Business in ECOWAS. In America, he directed numerous stage plays and developed a community theater that led to a major performing arts center before turning back to film. For SquareGlobe Media, he has directed 3 short films, Trick Box, The Exorcism of Jimmy Lee and Intruder, Colors of a Painting Proof of Concept, as well as the stage play, The Strong Breed by Wole Soyinka. As a director/producer/executive producer, his work has been featured in film festivals such as Bronzelens Film Festival, Spotlight Film Festival LA Black Film Festival, London Seasonal Shorts Film Festival, Flick Fair Film Festival.
Godwin also brings a strong background in international agribusiness. He owned a catfish farm and seafood processing plant, as well as directed operations for a multi-million-dollar international agribusiness company. He developed an initiative to assist entrenched West African importers of food commodities to learn more about American food products and to secure and process purchase orders from American agribusiness companies.
Godwin holds a B.A. in Theater and Film from the University of Benin, Graduate Studies, International Affairs and Development, Clark Atlanta University, Agricultural Economics, Univ. of Georgia, Supply Chain Management, Georgia Tech, EXPORTAG, Univ. of GA Business Outreach Services.
Filmography and Theater Experience
Film
Theater
Sherry has been writing since age 7 and producing and writing for stage, film and publishing for over 40 years. Sherry is a writer of immense range, having successfully completed two full length feature films, an 8-episode television series, four short films, three plays, two novels, and three works of poetry and prose. As a scriptwriter/producer/executive producer, her work has been featured in film festivals such as Bronzelens Film Festival, Spotlight Film Festival LA Black Film Festival, London Seasonal Shorts Film Festival, Flick Fair Film Festival. Sherry has also produced/executive produced or had her plays produced at the National Black Arts Festival, Stage Door Players, Actors Express, African Continuum Theater, Clark Atlanta University, Georgetown University, Emory University.
Sherry also brings over 30 years of experience in management consulting, serving well over 100 clients in the local, national and global arenas. Sherry has diversity and inclusion expertise in the areas of economic development, procurement, workforce, housing, agriculture, film and international business. She specializes in innovative inclusive program design and implementation, public policy and legislative development and economic research and analysis. In the international arena, she has worked on projects and pursuits in South Africa, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia, Ukraine and Poland.
Sherry holds a B.S.F.S. in International Economics from the Edmund J. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.
Filmography and Other Writing Experience
Film
Theater
Novels
Poetry