Acting
Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 0
Biography
Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam grew up in a Nigerian village. He was a graduate student at San Francisco State College and a teacher in dramatic arts. Okpokam made his first film appearance in "Give Me a Riddle" (1966). He is one of the four charismatic Nigerians at the center of the movie, friends and students of director David Schickele when he was a Peace Corps volunteer a few years earlier. The shooting of "Bushman", again directed by David Schickele, started in 1968, Okpokam playing there the main character. Halfway through the filming, in the context of Civil Rights tensions in San Francisco,…
