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A Brief About Journalist and Whistleblower, Bello Galadanchi

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"cXzZ8sbB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Bello Galadanchi a&period;k&period;a Dan Bello was born in State College&comma; Pennsylvania on December 12&comma; 1987 to Habeeb and Halisa Galadanchi&period; After birth&comma; he spent hi childhood and early adolescence with his family in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s capital&comma; Abuja&comma; where he attended school with his siblings&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"eMhVKvuW" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Throughout his time in Africa Bello worked a variety of jobs&comma; including street food vending&comma; construction&comma; and helping run his father&&num;8217&semi;s medical practice&period; One of his first jobs was the fabrication and sale of handmade footwear such as rope sandals and a special type of sabot heel native to Nigeria called aa &&num;8220&semi;kumazie&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon matriculation in 2006&comma; his parents offered him education back in the United States&comma; where Bello attended The Pennsylvania State University as a Bioengineering and Classical History double major and Film Studies and African Studies minors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Considered a gifted young man&comma; he graduated from university in 2009 with two degrees and two minor certificates and immediately entered the film industry&comma; producing such short films as Charles in Arms&comma; Unknowing Separation&comma; Water for Baby&comma; and Taken by Storm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"uwR8Immv" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>His first film projects were prompted by various contests and promotional programs and soon became well-known to his former university circles&period; In late 2011&comma; Bello received a grant from the Nigerian Film Festival and Nollywood&comma; to produce various political films for the Nigerian government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It was this opportunity that lend itself to Bello&&num;8217&semi;s fame in that the new funding allowed him to make films in Pennsylvania and become more noticed&period; When not filmmaking&comma; Bello spends his time volunteering in his community&comma; making new friends in the city and writing narrative novel- IMDb Mini Biography By&colon; Sand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A dual citizen of the USA and the Federal Republic of Nigeria&comma; writer&sol;director Bello Galadanchi&comma; made a name for himself after winning numerous awards at short film festivals around the globe&period; In 2012&comma; at just 24&comma; he wrote&comma; directed and co-produced the feature film&comma; A Dark Place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prior to making films Galadanchi obtained a Bachelor&&num;8217&semi;s Degree in Biomedical Engineering&period; Having also minored in sociology&comma; the soft spoken filmmaker credits the &&num;8220&semi;thought provoking&&num;8221&semi; storylines commonly associated with his work to his humble upbringing in Jos&comma; Plateau State of Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Owner of Dalar Pictures&comma; Galadanchi is also co-founder of To the Moon Productions&comma; along with actor R&period; Tariq Powell&period; The filmmaker currently resides in central Pennsylvania&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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