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Film Business | What is the Desired Future for Nollywood? @EmekaMba, @ChrisIhidero, @AMAAWARDS @RamseyNouah & Shaibu Husseini @igalaman #NECLIVE

Panel: (What is) The Desired Future (for Nollywood ?)
Keynote: Emeka Mba (Director General NBC)
Moderator/Host: Chris Ihidero, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Shaibu Husseini, Gafar Williams, Ramsey Nouah

Tweets by Uduak Oduok, Esq.
Retweets included:@MealdredO@ElijahAdefope

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Event Date: 4/23/2014
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Event: The 2nd Annual Nigerian Entertainment Conference
2014 Theme: Creating Pathways to the Future
Event Live streamed.

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
3) the caliber of persons across the ent. value chain who attended #NECLIVE underscores d need to unite for a common vision.I’m out. Cheers!

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
Improvements: 1) get your lawyers at every panel NEC has now and in future; 2) include workshops. Lots of theory, now cement it. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
While we Nigerians do talk a lot, I don’t believe this type of discussion has truly taken place where all creative arts merged. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
Second, the fact that it was live streamed with no real issues, was on time, and had serious speakers n stakeholders was good. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
It’s a wrap for me. My few thoughts on the panel and content presented. 1. Excellent job by @theNETng team and @ayenithegreat #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
@Chrisihidero -“Perhaps Nollywood is the way it is because of the way we are.” Nollywood is gone until we put processes in place. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
Reduce taxes on the Nollywood industry.”@igalaman #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
It seems we are now having a “talk” about not talking. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
“Until #Nollywood begins to be truthful to itself, I don’t see a future for it. Sorry.” -@AMAAWARDS Peace Anyiam-Osigwe #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
@AMAAWARDS’ Peace “Govt. will not help you if you cannot help urself. Govt. will not respect you if u do not respect yourselves.” #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
This industry needs leadership to define what it wants. @emekamba says the likes of @AMAAWARDS’ Peace needs like mindedtopushagenda. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
There is a role for government to play. Government does not know Nollywood. It is for the industry to define it. @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
“What is the role of government in the creative industry? That needs to be clear. Government did not create Nollywood.” @emekamba #NECLIVE

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MOVIEMAKER ‏@MealdredO 21h
@UDUAKLAW @AMAAWARDS we know those who have accessed funds but refuse to say they have

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MOVIEMAKER ‏@MealdredO 21h
@UDUAKLAW @ramseynouah but it is already taxed. We have to pay Vat for every one sold. How does that solve piracy please?

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
I agree that there is a lot of talking. But I think this conf. covered real grounds and change is coming. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
Q:There is jealousy & strife in the industry.It is a competition.Pornography has infiltrated the industry. What is @emekamba doing? #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
Lancelot says we accept that creatives are not as organized, what measures exists to organize others 2 bring in lawyers etc.? #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 21h
@lancelot imasuen is asking @emekamba the lega(cy) he left in his prior reign as DG. He says we need direction. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@ramseynouah suggests taxing DVDs/VCDs to curb piracy. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
Panelist is advocating for local cinemas that cater to the average Nigerian and reasonable price points that are affordable. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“$20million spent by South Africa to push their movie Totsi. Film is politics and there is a need to strategize. . .” @AMAAWARDS #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“Which of the Nollywood practitioners have been able to access the funds set aside for Nollywood? Film is politics.” @AMAAWARDS #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“The worse thing about Nollywood is Nollywood. Our practitioners are the most jobless people I know.” @AMAAWARDS Peace. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@AMAAWARDS (Peace Anyiam-Osigwe) says when you talk about film, think of the rural areas of Africa and what ppl are watching.They like the Aki & Pawpay #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
Great point by @Chrisihidero that artists make excuses that they are artists and leave others to make business decisions for them. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“We have the show, but not the business. We lack structure. There is no balance. . . ” @ramseynuoah #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
Question posed to @ramseynouah how do you balance expectations and the realities of not really making money from your craft. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“Look for distribution led financing not production.” – @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@emekamba says the Nigerian “censors board does not have a ‘skin in the game’ so there is only so much they can do. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
It is now easy to create film, to exhibit it. How come the future looks bleak? @Chrisihidero asks, “have you guys failed us?” #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“Panelists says journalists and media created a myth about Nollywood.” -#NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
Panelist says within Nollywood “kalo kalo” business is ongoing. He says he has never heard anyone saying they are ent. lawyers #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@Chrisihidero is asking what role, if any, the media/journalists have. Did the media create a false myth? #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@ramseynouah says there needs to be the right structure also with the marketing and promotions to propel Nollywood. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@ramseynouah says Nollywood is capital intensive. They are well aware improvements are needed but we lack structure. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@ramseynouah says it is almost as if we sold our birth rights to the wrong people. He says passion really drove the industry. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@AMAAWARDS’ Peace says there are two Nollywoods now. #NECLIVE #Nollywood.

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@AMAAWARDS’ Peace says “Nollywood has grown out of its own proportion. . . there isn’t that #Nollywood as people know it.” #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@emekamba says there is no law. #Nollywood is not connected to the financial etc. How do you have an industry with no lawyers? #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
capacity to populate channels needed in Lagos, for example. He says we have a problem. Re: funding, he says we need a new kind. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@emekamba says the future is bright BUT let’s not over rejoice because we are not quite there. Re: digital, he says we do not have #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
Q posed to @Emekamba: If the future is so bleak, how do we get the content we will need/create? #Nollywood #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
Last panel @ramseynouah @AMAAWARDS and @Chrisihidero “The desired future for Nollywood.” -#NECLIVE @Nollywood.

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@emekamba I would have loved to hear what NBC is doing for the future on the digital landscape. #Nollywood #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
“We have taken mediocrity to a place where it has become common place.” @emekamba #Nollywood #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
If you do not acquire the knowledge,you will sit in Nigeria thinking you are in control but others come in and takeover. @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 22h
@emekamba wrapping his speech up. He is focusing on technology and the impact on the industry. He says we need to have knowledge. #NECLIVE

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Elijah Adefope ‏@ElijahAdefope 22h
@UDUAKLAW I’m following your #NECLIVE posts and I’m getting the impression that what’s needed in Nigeria is proactive action and initiative

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
Rather than a slow deliberate march towards knowledge, it is a quick march towards ignorance. #Nollywood #NECLIVE @emekamba

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
We like the idea of economic development but we do not want to do the work. @emekamba #Nollywood #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
We have this mentality that because we are Nigerians 1+1 will not work even though it works in other places. @emekamba #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
The #Nollywood audience have also moved on.They are more mature and discerning. Nollywood has also moved in its appeal. @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
contd. is now a problem. @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
The rest of the future steps of #Nollywood should not be an accident. The unfettered freedom that created #Nollywood. @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
“To imagine the future, we must sit in the present. If you are serious about the future, you should look at the past. . .”@emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
“The entire film industry is at (a) crossroad. Are we going to be distribution led or production led?” -@emekamba #Nollywood #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
Now that there is such low barriers, d landscape from production to distribution has changed requiring more regulations. #NECLIVE @emekamba

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
“There is a new democracy, we can all make movies. This digital democracy has freed us from the shackles.” @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
I like that @emekamba is laying down the Nollywood framework, albeit on a (much) broader scale, to give the full picture. #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
What is Nollywood? How does it affect us? How do we create a sustainable Nollywood Industry? @emekamba #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
“Story telling has evolved from around the fire places to . . . It is important to get this about Nollywood. @emekamba #NECLIVE #Nollywood

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
@emekamba is a funny guy. Says he did not enjoy doing business, enjoys being more of a policy guy. #NECLIVE

Uduak Oduok ‏@UDUAKLAW 23h
Final panel with Emeka MBA @Africamusiclaw fan and reader. Curious to see what he says. #NECLIVE

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