tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post7395082674785571982..comments2023-09-09T10:12:03.580+02:00Comments on Pamela's World: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-53758713389183349142008-03-29T13:55:00.000+01:002008-03-29T13:55:00.000+01:00There are so few or no Nigeria movie that are gend...There are so few or no Nigeria movie that are gender sensitive. All are to bring the worst out in women. What message are they passing to the world? I have stopped watching Nigerian movies cos they are make me sick with thier bad display or comments about women. Do you even want to try some dirty proverbs?<BR/><BR/>UNIFEM was working on review such derogatory remarks and scene by calling together some stakeothers in civil society to partake in the crusade.<BR/>The outcome? I dont know but I have some plans in the offing. Care to work with me? I don't like the wrong portray of women. It's being going on for too longAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-51254832845757616062008-03-12T07:20:00.000+01:002008-03-12T07:20:00.000+01:001. How to change the women in Nigerian movies: hav...1. How to change the women in Nigerian movies: have EDUCATED women, write and produce the flicks.<BR/><BR/>2. The maltreatment (is that a word? i got it off "maltreat") of women in our culture: we need to start fighting for ourselves and stop being concerned with the price of lace and aso oke (for Yoruba women...I don't know what the Igbo woman's poison is)Ms. Catwalqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506293561878301421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-37116100293035467792008-03-07T06:34:00.000+01:002008-03-07T06:34:00.000+01:00la reine: true talk.Simi: You just hit on another...la reine: true talk.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Simi: You just hit on another aspect of the nonsense we see from naija movies which is the acceptance of buyers of the la crapo that is sold to them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-80506166076291063272008-03-06T15:16:00.000+01:002008-03-06T15:16:00.000+01:00Unfortunately we have all come to accept the sub-s...Unfortunately we have all come to accept the sub-standards in the film industry. <BR/><BR/>i thk we are a long ways from creating in-depth thought provoking movies. 9ja has been such a capitalist society. anything to make a quick buck. <BR/><BR/>And that includes making mindless movies!Simi Speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312770497507811089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-29461956802509508012008-03-06T14:58:00.000+01:002008-03-06T14:58:00.000+01:00The best movie I've seen is Sitanda.Wouldn't be su...The best movie I've seen is Sitanda.<BR/>Wouldn't be surprised if its not Nollywood.<BR/><BR/>The industry would change if Actresses wouldn't take the roles and writers got the message about putting them in.<BR/>-I suppose the country changing wouoldn't hurt...<BR/>TakiaLa Reinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08495515974849193712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-11348876650865449102008-03-05T14:16:00.000+01:002008-03-05T14:16:00.000+01:00r we fighting!!!r we fighting!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-46865107103427410582008-03-04T16:42:00.000+01:002008-03-04T16:42:00.000+01:00lol . So funny!!! :-Dhehehehe... I am rolling on...lol . So funny!!! <BR/><BR/>:-D<BR/><BR/><BR/>hehehehe... I am rolling on the floor with laughter here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-43998288586051011982008-03-04T15:46:00.000+01:002008-03-04T15:46:00.000+01:00The Nigerian Film IndustryBad news oh.A few years ...The Nigerian Film Industry<BR/>Bad news oh.<BR/><BR/>A few years ago I went to Zambia.<BR/>Got off the plane, got to immigration and presented my passport.<BR/>'Aah, you are a Nigerian?'<BR/>'Yes ke', I answered proudly.<BR/>'Eesh. You men are very weak oh. Why do you allow your women to put you in bottles?'<BR/>I'm like, what in the world is this woman talking about.<BR/><BR/>Last weekend, a Zim friend told me her mother refused her sister marrying a Nigerian guy that lived in Lagos because they feared she would not return alive. The guys mum would have her for breakfast. <BR/>Nigerian movies aka home video<BR/>Serious oh.tobennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019398627142150694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-65408162924124900662008-03-04T15:04:00.000+01:002008-03-04T15:04:00.000+01:00i thought i left a comment here....i thought i left a comment here....An-Igbo-Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296605824643306382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-14381817510934031812008-03-04T14:35:00.000+01:002008-03-04T14:35:00.000+01:00half the names mentioned here, i have no idea who ...half the names mentioned here, i have no idea who they are...maybe cos i dont like naija movies<BR/><BR/>long time no come here<BR/>how body?An-Igbo-Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296605824643306382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-82211647265880575002008-03-04T12:43:00.000+01:002008-03-04T12:43:00.000+01:00Joke Silva, Olu Jacobs etc all came from a time pe...Joke Silva, Olu Jacobs etc all came from a time period when people were going into theatre arts because they enjoyed it rather than the money. Their acting skills are definitely better than the newer breed peeps.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-18834674626748601132008-03-04T12:34:00.000+01:002008-03-04T12:34:00.000+01:00lol!! Nneoma as I said na preference thing. Let's...lol!! Nneoma as I said na preference thing. Let's look at the movie blood sisters, who acted their role more convincingly and be honest - Gene did. She owned that role!! LOl, but that is a discussion for another day.<BR/><BR/><BR/>solomonysdelle: I completely agree with you. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-40744006034691949582008-03-04T03:50:00.000+01:002008-03-04T03:50:00.000+01:00There need to be more Nigerian women writing, prod...There need to be more Nigerian women writing, producing, directing, and distributing Nollywood film. There are so many incredible writers whose works can be adapted and there are already women making films but some of them are limited to the demands of the market and their financiers.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for raising this topic. It's got me thinking...<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nigeriancuriosity.com" REL="nofollow">NIGERIAN CURIOSITY</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.solomonsydelle.com" REL="nofollow">IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN I ONLY HAD ONE...</A>SOLOMONSYDELLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564768670896215900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-62462184904617835502008-03-04T00:12:00.000+01:002008-03-04T00:12:00.000+01:00ah, Pamela, i beg to differ...Omo T is definitely ...ah, Pamela, i beg to differ...Omo T is definitely better...but let's leave that discussion for another day...so happy you decided to stay in the blogosphere...looking forward to the next post.NneomaMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116013790446026291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-62880219781453805862008-03-03T15:38:00.000+01:002008-03-03T15:38:00.000+01:00Nneoma: I agree with most things that you typed s...Nneoma: I agree with most things that you typed so far. I will like to add that no one mentioned Omo T because I said that I was watching movies that Gene was the main actress. Omotola is a great actress but I believe that Genevieve is better. But, then it might be a preference thing.<BR/><BR/><BR/>aworan: abeg ask your people - that is what I am asking what is up with that.<BR/><BR/><BR/>anonymous gal: LOL!! Thank Goodness, you understand my annoyance.<BR/><BR/><BR/>:-DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-75025267279993221322008-03-03T11:37:00.000+01:002008-03-03T11:37:00.000+01:00Infact that film annoyed me.nollywood films have t...Infact that film annoyed me.nollywood films have that effect on me but i kip goin bac to themanonymous gal(retired blogger)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12768071439274705742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-20925686694010790012008-03-03T10:14:00.000+01:002008-03-03T10:14:00.000+01:00I have to admit that everytime i see a lead female...I have to admit that everytime i see a lead female character in a Nollywood production, it tends to be one dimensional with depictions of severe vunerability. I mean, whats up with that???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-5342291351565856722008-03-03T03:12:00.000+01:002008-03-03T03:12:00.000+01:00first: Tony Umez, from what I have seen, always ac...first: Tony Umez, from what I have seen, always acts as the dodo head, you expressed it perfectly pamela. i, too, thought i was the only one that found him to always play the dunce....<BR/><BR/>second: i agree with guerreiranigeriana that the best way to change nollywood is to write some screenplays ourselves, though, I am not too optimistic about this option thought...and personally, my blog writing skills should serve as a testament to why i should *not* write a nollywood film. but pamela if you ever wrote one, i would be so on it.<BR/><BR/>third: for the love me, you write nollywood films....COOOL! Which ones have you written, just curious.<BR/><BR/>fourth: no one has mentioned Omotola in the list of great female Nollywood actresses. Although I have stated before my preference for Gene, Dakore, Ini and others, I am starting to recognize that Omo-T has the ability to play a wide diversity of roles (convincingly) to a greater extent to some of the others. Oh, and how can I forget the mother of them all, Joke Silva, so multi-talented. When I grow up, I want to be like her (minus the acting and chain smoking).<BR/><BR/>fifth: in regards to women and nollywood and the topic at hand. i have not seen that particular movie but i have seen many like it. in which women endure years of abuse, and then when the man finally gets it (either a mistress dumps him or doesn't know how to cook or the battered wife suddenly has a child or male child) the battered woman and man finally get back together and all is right. The up side, if there is any, is that at least they are showing that abuse of women is not an okay thing. I think it is a step forward in the right direction by bringing out domestic violence into the public discourse through film. Basically, the message is, beating of women is not socially acceptable - a good first start.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the way that abuse happens in Nollywood, is not how it happens in the real world. Abusers often apologise for their actions and then just repeat the abuse and apologise cycle over again. The abused continue to forgive. It would be nice if a movie would capture this reality and not simply end with the predictable unrelistic happy note. A non-Nigerian movie that caught me by surprise was Diary of a Mad Black Woman in which the abused woman, even after receiving the apology, decided to part ways with her husband. Many in Christiandom thought this was heretical. However, I applauded the writer for showing that not every situation ends in reconciliation - and frankly in the majority of situations, it doesn't. I think this idea that women should wait until their husbands see the light does more harm than good - and is sometimes counterintuitive to the point that domestic violence is not okay. It perpetuates this idea that women are meant to simply bear with the marriage, regardless of adultery or abuse. It annoys me to no end, because I have witnessed it time and time again in my own family (minus my parents - they, especially my dad, are very anti-bear-with-the-marriage-crap)<BR/><BR/>I agree women in nollywood take one of two roles - the angel or the b****. I think the same is also correct for men - their the roles are quite limited. It think roles for both men and women need to be somewhat nuanced a bit. <BR/><BR/>wow, this should have been a post....sorry about that, pamelaNneomaMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116013790446026291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-66419134548210460372008-03-02T20:54:00.001+01:002008-03-02T20:54:00.001+01:00For the love of me: You raise a lot of valid poin...For the love of me: You raise a lot of valid points. Women, are often the oppresors....<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jaybabe: Is it me or does Tony Umez always act the role of the dodo head.!!! :D<BR/><BR/><BR/>:PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-69100347666113644212008-03-02T20:54:00.000+01:002008-03-02T20:54:00.000+01:00For the love of me: You raise a lot of valid poin...For the love of me: You raise a lot of valid points. Women, are often the oppresors....<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jaybabe: Is it me or does Tony Umez always act the role of the dodo head.!!! :D<BR/><BR/><BR/>:PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-84709231995055697502008-03-02T13:21:00.000+01:002008-03-02T13:21:00.000+01:00Yeah babe i've watched Blood sisters. The 1st time...Yeah babe i've watched Blood sisters. The 1st time i watched it, i was amazed bcoz it was my first time seeing Patience Ozokwor acting something different from being wicked and all. I loved it. Gene was being very wicked in that movie. Dammmnnn! On the sister's back like that. And Tony Umez portrayed the best weakness of men! Not being able to resist the sister! Shu!!<BR/><BR/>How you doing babe?Jayn Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292259108679035339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-60416659866105575492008-03-01T21:08:00.000+01:002008-03-01T21:08:00.000+01:00I write for Nollywood and I think this women stere...I write for Nollywood and I think this women stereotype thing is cos most of the people in the industry are men so certainly their ideologies will come to play. Because I am a woman I try to create strong female characters but the director still has a lot to do in terms of character interpretation and apart from Amaka Igwe, I think all other Nollywood directors are men so they down play the female xters as much as possible. When more women enter the field, perhaps things will change. On second thoughts I doubt that they will.women probably see themselves in lower eyes than men see them,remember that the 'indecent bill is being sponsored by a woman'.It's a reflection of society I guess.<BR/>Thank you for being a fan, people like you keep us going.For the love of mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13099341538591761136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-81468114930645968462008-03-01T14:01:00.000+01:002008-03-01T14:01:00.000+01:00ishtar: Unfortunately, Nollywood is pushed by pro...ishtar: Unfortunately, Nollywood is pushed by profit. Does it make economical sense to have those story line? Will the mass market buy it? So, the only time that the story line will change is if that story line becomes marketable. Meaning, when women stop using traditionalism to accept certain nonsense and begin to say, we wanted an alternative ending. But, the production HAS improved a lot.<BR/><BR/>exseno: lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169821738730404639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-39211714963384203362008-03-01T00:20:00.000+01:002008-03-01T00:20:00.000+01:00I guess they just haven't evolved into the modern ...I guess they just haven't evolved into the modern world yet. They are way behind times aren't they.EXSENOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13439855607574342872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432791397930236384.post-51625010659980705032008-02-29T21:30:00.000+01:002008-02-29T21:30:00.000+01:00I was watching a Nollywood movie in a shop while i...I was watching a Nollywood movie in a shop while in Nigeria the other day, and it struck me how much they've developed in terms of production. Maybe if more women get involved, the storylines will change too...? Are there any women Nollywood producers by the way?Esther Garvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499704062488259082noreply@blogger.com