On Sunday, her latest movie - ‘Eletan’, a Yoruba film subtitled in English - starts showing at Silverbird cinemas in Abuja. But to her surprise, Silverbird did not put up the promotional materials and the film was not even listed as part of the films showing in the cinemas a day before. “The posters just arrived this morning... It was sent in from Lagos since and no one from the cinema went to pick them and even the tapes; and people are supposed to be seeing this film by 15.30,” she complained.
But the worst happened when she went inside the hall to see how her movie was doing, but was greatly shocked to discover that...
the hall was empty. This made her to lament further, “I know how much I made this film. I know how much I spent during the premiere. And I know the pain I’ve been going through promoting this film and what will happen after two weeks? Silverbird will yank the movie off the list and say it was a flop because it is a Yoruba film. This has to stop! They are not even interested in making it a success, as per putting up the promotional materials when they are supposed to let people know that such film is being shown here.”
Following the nasty experience, the babe is already considering quitting film business. In her words: “I stayed at the back for 5 years. Maybe I should invest my money somewhere else, because I am not interested in making films that won’t be shown in the cinemas. The cinemas are not helping us at all.”
Eletan is a tale of a woman’s desperation, greed, and deception and how these vices eventually snowball into a disaster for her. The movie parades an all-star cast, which includes Lilian Bach, Yemi Blaq, Mr. Latin, Baba Wande, Ayo Badmus, Muyiwa Adegoke and others.
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