Tribalists Have Hijacked NollywoodBy Ernest Omoarelojie - The News
Published: August 29, 2006
Print "The other side of the home video thing is that it has gradually degenerated into a tribal thing. And I say this without any fear of contradiction, it has become mainly an Igbo affair. Look at every home video you see. Look closely at the cast and tell me what you see. You will be lucky if you find even three names belonging to other tribes..."
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I want to leave a better Nollywood behind, says MbaBy The Guardian
Published: July 28, 2006
Print One year after he was appointed Director-General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Emeka Mba has achieved so many things his predecessors thought were impossible...
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There Is Black Market In Nollywood - NFVCB DirectorBy The News Team
Published: May 30, 2006
Print I think the work of the chief executive of censors board anywhere in the world is always turbulent. You can imagine being the policeman to somebody’s creativity. Someone claims to have spent all his money making movies and another person comes and says this should not be and all that. There would always be controversy...
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I market only movies I bankroll - Afeezco Films bossBy Daily Independent
Published: April 25, 2006
Print The practice of movie marketers financing productions is no big deal after all, rather what should generate discussion is proper casting and interesting gilt edge script as against run-of-the-mill stories that is presently prevalent in the industry; this is the contention of Afeez Salami, boss of Afeezco Films...
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A director is like a god - Dickson IroegbuBy Daily Champion
Published: March 2, 2006
Print A director is like a god who sees a formless environment and gives life to it, sees bones and adds flesh to them, gives shape to them. The director perceives something from the point of view of the writer who has expressed his mind by creating something. He is like an Obasanjo who has to effect a change in the economy of Nigeria. I don't have to wait to be president or governor in order to effect a change in my generation.
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I Am Good, I Know It - Chico EjiroBy Sylvester Asoya and Bayo Adetu
Published: February 5, 2006
Print I am good and I know I am good. If you don’t say I am good, I know I am good because I have won awards in New York and Geneva in Switzerland. I have won the Nigerian Director of The Year Award; THEMA and REEL Awards as well as in Durban, South Africa. If I have won six awards in about four different continents and countries, I think I am good.
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