'Shooting indigenous films
remains the future of Nigerian movie industry', Alex Eyengho has
posited, even as he advised film makers to go back to basics.
Eyengho, an award-winning
film maker and incumbent Vice President of the International
Federation of Film Producers Association,FIAPF, who's currently in
the post-production stage of his latest language movie, “Toneukanrin”
lamented that failing to shoot movies in our indigenous languages
would further endanger the languages which are already going into
extinction. He cited America and Europe, where the film makers there
embrace the culture of shooting films in their indigenous languages.
“Italians will never shoot films in English language nor will
German or French film makers,”he stressed.
According to the popular
film maker, if Nigerian film makers want to be recognized in the
global film market, there is need for them to go back to shooting
films in our local languages. However, with his latest movie, Eyengho
seems determined not only to raise the bar in Nollywood, but also to
show the Itsekiri you don't see in the movies.
In “Toneukanrin”,
Eyengho boasts, Nollywood is ready to conquer the world. Eyengho said
'Toneukanrin' is the first film in a Nigerian indigenous language to
be shot on Red Camera, in addition to doing full ADR and 5.1 audio.
The movie, Eyengho said is looking good to show any cinema anywhere
in the world. “I didn't want to compromise when it comes to good
picture, sound and story structure,” he said, adding “ It's a
film that preaches unity at all levels, using the family and politics
to tell the story. The technical input is top notch and my own way of
raising the bar in terms of film production in indigenous languages.
I'm looking forward to taking it to major International film
festivals, awards and also getting International distribution deals.”
The movie, according to
some pundits, chronicles the thrilling story of former governor of
Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. Starring notable Itsekiri
movie stars, “Toneukanrin' will be premiered before the end of the
year. Eyengho, a promoter of Itsekiri movie industry, said he's ready
to churn out movies that are rooted in Itsekiri culture.
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