NOLLYWOOD GO TO WORK: make films for “A class” Award

For those who feel is 20 or 37 or 60......or Nollywood is Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa ? These are not the issues because some have so trivialized the nollywood phenomenon by their deep sited shear ignorance claiming to be historians when they know nothing about the history the motion picture industry in nigeria. Some have ascribed the father of Nigerian cinema to Hurbert Ogunde when in actual fact young Turks then like Ola Balogun, Eddie Ugbomah, Ade Afolayan had made films before Ogunde's film in 1980. So I wonder when I see people making an issue over Nollywood when this so called 'local champions' whose films have not made it to any A Class film festival or Award (Cannes, berlinanale, Toronto, sundance, Venice, oscar) are claiming to be champions. To me them no different from Asaba producers. Go play in the global arena and stop chasing shadows because that was the mistake of the Ogunde's in 1987 when they want to stop Alade aromires EKUN video film from screening at the theater but today what do we have videos screening at theaters and they were chasing shadows. So stop ethnic jingoism and make films that will go global and compete internationally because even Fespaco, these clowns who travel globally on d name of nollywood have not won an award because I see them at festivals moving around without direction as their so call "great films" in Naija is below international standard. They can counter me because sadly since 1903 when the first malaria documentary was made in jos by the colonial film unit and 1904 when glover hall lagos screened the first film....no Nigerian film from Nollywood at 110, 70, 50, or 20 or even 37 has won any of the "A class"award I mentioned. So make Una go work Jare and stop bringing tribalism to an industry that is owned by all Nigerians irrespective of your tribe or color. Shikena

....By Fidelis Duker