Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Genevieve Nnaji is not happy as her globally acclaimed movie, ‘Lionheart’, may not have the privilege of being shown in Nigerian cinemas.
In
a message currently circulating on WhatsApp and posted on her behalf by
Ugoma Adegoke, the CEO of Life House, the actress revealed that
although getting to show her directorial debut to her fans has been
giving her a mush feeling, unfortunately, not everyone shares her
enthusiasm.
The statement describes as sad the fact that the very
people who pose as Nollywood supporters and promoters of their content
are the same people frustrating the efforts of film makers.
“FilmOne,
one of the major film cinema distributors, has categorically refused to
distribute Lionheart, primarily because they have no stake in it. They
are currently invested in a couple of movies showing in the cinemas and
want to protect their assets at all cost. Monopolizing the market this
season is their strategy to recouping their investment,” the statement
reads.
The actress adds that although pioneer cinema house, Silverbird agreed to exclusively exhibit ‘Lionheart’ across their cinemas, as soon as the announcement was made about the release, the ‘powers that be’ of distribution and marketing proceeded to arm twist them into backing out of the agreement by threatening to boycott them in the future.
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