Fight in Nollywood:New Nollywood vs Old Nollywood, Whats the fuss?

 

New Nollywood vs Old Nollywood, Whats the fuss?
Read more: https://www.naij.com/982374-unbelievable-nollywood-practitioners-war.html

New Nollywood vs Old Nollywood, Whats the fuss?
Read more: https://www.naij.com/982374-unbelievable-nollywood-practitioners-war.html

– It seems Nigerian film practitioners are set to battle each other over the term ‘New Nollywood’ – The so called war kicked off officially when some filmmakers refereed to some actors as ‘Instagram stars’ – The actors whose names were mentioned have now come out to respond to the ‘haters’ spoiling their name.

OC Ukeje new nollywood actor
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 OC Ukeje new nollywood actor OC Ukeje one of the actors regularly called as part of New Nollywood

It appears there is a silent war brewing in Nollywood over the use of the tag ‘New Nollywood’. Things came to a head when filmmaker Uzo Okpechi who was a guest on the recent episode of The Gist with Emma Ugolee referred to the likes of O.C Ukeje and Blossom Chukwujekwu as ‘Instagram stars’ because they are not known outside Lagos. He also added that the names mentioned above have not contributed anything new to Nollywood.

Moses Inwang another filmmaker who appeared on the show when added that “They feel they have created a New Nollywood. They even call themselves the new Nollywood.” “If you put Blossom, OC Ukeje at the box office, and put a different film with Ramsay Nouah and RMD. It’s the movie with Ramsay that would probably pull more crowd,” Charles Novia also said. Not to take the slight sitting down, some actors, producers and directors took to Twitter to react to the statement, with some calling the filmmakers haters.





The tag New Nollywood is regularly used to describe a new generation of filmmakers (e.g. Stanlee Ohikhuare, Mildred Okwo, Niyi Akinmolayan) actors (O.C Ukeje, Adesua Etomi, Deyemi Okanlawon, Somkele Idhalama) and other movie personnel. What are your thoughts on this? Is there really a new Nollywood or just Nollywood? Let us know via the poll below: