Clarion Chukwurah Exposes Female Sexual Exploitation In Nigerian Movie Industry
SAM AWOYINFA You started quite early, featuring in a film titled Money Power (Owo Lagba), that was in the early 80’s. How has it been since then? Yes, the journey has been quite eventful. I featured in Money Power in 1982, I was just 14 and since then I have done several other plays. I appeared in Mirror In The Sun, a soap opera produced by Lola Fani-Kayode. Again, I have featured in a couple of home videos. It’s been quite interesting. I have equally featured in two stage plays, Yemoja and Idemili, both by National Troupe of Nigeria Could you compare the level of professionalism and production quality of works then with what obtains in the industry now? Money Power is a far cry from what we have today, as far as movie production is concerned. Money Power was shot in form of a film(16mm), and not in video format. So, the quality is higher. You did call me after Sunday Punch published the story on the glut currently being experienced in Nollywood, and said you wanted to make some other ...