Veteran film producer, Kunle Afolayan has decried the dearth of
quality film making in the movie industry.He attributed the poor state
of the industry to lack of unity among film makers as he pleads with all
and sundry involved in film making to come together and have a
formidable unity that will help the industry to thrive.
He said this at the 20th anniversary celebration of the death of his
father and legendary film maker, Adeyemi Afolayan.”Now we have
Nollywood, we have Yoruba, we have this, we have that, but please lets
come together. If the elders among us are disunited like this, how do
you expect us the younger ones to behave,” he said inYoruba.
It
will be noted that the Yoruba film-making industry has split into
several factions including Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts
Practitioners (ANTP), National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts
Practitioners (NANTAP) and Theatre andMotion Picture Associationof
Nigeria (TAMPAN) all claiming to represent the interest of Yoruba
creatives. I assume Kunle learnt his craft from his father.
He is very good in what he does and excellence seems to be his watch
word because there are traces of excellence in all his works. Hope he
trains younger generation who will take over when he is gone
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