The 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards was held on Saturday, March 7th at the Eko Hotel Convention Center in Lagos, Nigeria. The biggest winner of the night was filmmaker Kunle Afolayan whose film ‘October 1st’ took home nine awards.Of course, what is an award event without some form of controversy? Bringing the drama this …
UK Lawyer turned filmmaker Obi Emelonye issues an apology to Nollywood Actresses Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde for statements he claims were misconstrued regarding them being “jobless.” If you missed my position and discussion on the alleged statements, click here. Otherwise find the his apology below: I woke up over the weekend to a barrage …
Interesting move by Obi Emelonye, especially since he essentially has the three major Nigerian owned digital distributors working in harmony with his premiere for the common goal of all making money off this premiere and also creating brand awareness for all involved. From a marketing, branding, public relations, legal (including licensing) and economic view, this …
Industry heads come together to discuss the issues that plague Nollywood at the Nollywood Week Paris film festival, and thankfully, Balancing Africa, among a few others, captured all of the discussions to share and educate the world. Check it out. Cheers, Uduak Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 7
Obi Emelonye has one of the best twitter bios I have seen by a filmmaker. It is so concise yet manages to tell the world what he does quite well and his mission. I like. Get to know him a bit more (although you all have already met him on AML) with his sit down …
