Podcast: Play in new window | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS
We continue to part two of our three-part series with Isioma Idigbe, a top entertainment lawyer in Nigeria who is known for filing a historic copyright infringement lawsuit against top Filmmaker Omoni Oboli for the movie ‘Okafor’s Law’ and top movie distributor, Film House Cinema. Her suit and the injunction she obtained to temporarily shut …
Podcast: Play in new window | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS
On Friday, March 24, 2017, a large audience gathered for the premiere of Filmmaker Omoni Oboli’s movie ‘Okafor’s Law’ at the Film House Cinema in Lekki Lagos. The event, however, came to a screeching halt because Isioma obtained an injunction, ex-parte (on an emergency basis), and put a stop to the premiere. That moment was so monumental …
Film industry veteran Patrick Doyle shares his insights on movies and soap operas from Latin America in Nigeria, discusses entertainers going into politics and Nigeria’s newly approved Audio Visual Rights Society, a collection management organization for audio/visual works. -Uduak
Kene Mkparu, Managing Director Filmhouse Cinemas and FilmOne Distribution Company, granted an interview to Russell Southwood’s Smart Monkey TV. Russell, I notice, does these interviews with leading names in Africa, collects the data and information and infuses it into compelling research studies affecting Nigeria/Africa’s entertainment market. Not a bad look Russell. Anyway, back to Kene …
Last year, the media was agog with the news of the success of Chioma Ude’s week-long AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (AFRIFF). I rued my inability to attend and promised I would attend the 2014 edition. Fast forward to 2014; the publicity was top-notch and anyone not living under a rock was overdosed on information concerning …
