BUHARI WARNS NOLLYWOOD : DON'T USE YOUR MOVIES TO PROMOTE SEX ESCAPADES

President, Muhammad Buhari has sent
warnings to filmakers against promoting
violence and s exual vulgarity in their movies.
Buhari sent the message to the movie
industry in a foreword, written in a brochure
titled “Nigerian Film Industry at a Glance”.
The president urged movie practitioners to
endeavour to always project the country in a
positive light.
The president said: “The Nigerian film industry
that is now called Nollywood, in the fashion of
the American, Hollywood and Indian,
Bollywood started as the effort of a group of
enterprising young men and women who
traded on their talents and sheer
determination without anyone paying
attention,”
“It has now metamorphosed into a big
industry employing thousands of people,
contributing to the national Gross Domestic
Product and empowering a new generation of
creative entrepreneurs,”
“Our government will continue to support the
creative sectors of its economy so as to
encourage our teeming youths while we enjoin
our filmmakers to continue to project the
image of Nigeria and the continent of Africa
in a positive way through their story lines.
Filmmakers should not make films for art
sake. Films should be functional and socially
relevant,”
“Filmmakers, whether local or those who
come here to use our facilities, must however
be sensitive to our cultures and religions.
They must not glamourise violence or sexual
vulgarity in all their forms. They must not
promote racism or ethnic superiority or
demonise any religion or culture,”
“I want to see more films that celebrate our
diversity, films that celebrate the
achievements of our people, films that
promote social causes of right to education,
films that tells us the evil of domestic
violence against men and women, films that
inspire hope and faith in our country and
humanity in general. I am confident that
Nollywood would go from strength to
strength.”


Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE