Wedding Party Actors Were Not Paid Well -- Actress Ufuoma McDermott

Actress and filmmaker Ufoma McDermott feels that the whole Nollywood system is faulty. Her opinion is hinged on claims that actors and filmmakers never get their supposed pay. The ‘Christmas Is Coming’ producer explained, what she would do if she had a magic wand to change the movie industry

“If I had a magic wand, I will love to see the industry get a lot of money, I will let it rain a lot of money to every filmmaker, that has given their sweat, their passion and their life, to see that this industry does not die.

Not one person in the industry is remunerated the way they should.” she said.

Rodgers and Hammerstein died years ago but their estate are still leaving off films that we love to watch like Sound Of Music, The King And I and South Pacific.

How many people in Nollywood get remunerated or their estate get remunerated when their intellectual property is being reused?” she asked.

“We know what is the truth and the truth is that we do not have the money to do them” she said.

“Our highest film in terms of money made is Wedding Party and how much did it earn? If you talk of the stars in that film, they should not be doing another film for the next 2 years.

No film maker is paid their dues, not even near their dues.”

“Unlike producing a song in a studio, one person cannot make a film no matter how you do it, you can never make a film alone, its a team effort. Everyone has a role to play including the government.”

Nollywood is beginning to show sparks of brilliance, but we might have to wait awhile for the proverbial ‘magical wand’ that will make things better.