Young filmmakers in action.
The next generation of Nigerian film makers will surely surpass the efforts of the current crop of Nollywood practitioners and will proudly take their rightful place alongside their counterparts from recognised film-making countries, America, India, Burkina Faso, and South Africa included. The most obvious reason for this informed prediction is that this new generation of Nigerian film makers will be better equipped to function in the medium because of their specialist training.
Nollywood is a classic example of the sarcastic irony implied in a song by Kio Amachree titled ‘Any Dummy Can Play Guitar.’ This song, released in the eighties, is also a commentary on the Nigerian situation in which professions are infiltrated and virtually saturated with all manner of charlatans, who by virtue of their financial success are automatically equated as successful experts. Simply put, Nollywood is a trade, not an art!
The new crop
Among the talents currently ‘underground’ and unknown are the following: Chinedu Iregbu, Mildred Ayendeng, Idhebor Kagho, Adaobi Obiegbosi, Akpor Kagho, Hafeez Adeyemi, Osegba Abdullahi, Rahila Abubakar, Gbenga Soyinka, Nannak Ndam, Uwemimo Ekpewo, Effiong Daniel, Ladi Dogonyaro, Usho Baba, Austin Itshore, Saaka Victor, Janet Sambo, Esther Tujegbe, and Dike Okeh.
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