Veteran Filmmaker, Wale Adenuga’s Shocker

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There is no iota of doubt that veteran movie maker and Chairman of PEFTI Film Institute, Wale Adenuga is a ‘know it all man’ as far as Nigeria movie industry is concerned.

The movie icon who many see as a ‘senior man’ in the industry has taken Nollywood practitioners to the cleaners as he also made some shocking revelations.

He said; “Many people are oblivious of the fact that many of the young Nollywood actors and actresses who live flamboyant lifestyles make their money outside film making. They make people believe everything is alright in the film making.”

“You see them building big houses, living in affluence, but their source of money is beyond making the film.”

“Although the average Nigerian may find this shocking but Nollywood is the only industry with no organised association to govern the activities of actors and moviemakers in the industry. This country cannot speak of a unified national association of filmmakers, the way that doctors talk about the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), lawyers talk about the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the gentlemen of the press have the Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ).”

“It is true that Nollywood has all manners of guilds but these are all based on the sentiments. One is persuaded to believe that the inability to come together under an umbrella is one of the reasons why Nollywood have some of the problems that hinder them from the development of the business in Nigeria.”

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