Genevieve Nnaji Alleges Cinema Gang Up Against her Movie ‘Lion Heart’

Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji, who just made her directional debut with the internationally acclaimed movie, Lion Heart, may not be having it as easy as people would think.

According to a statement making rounds, some major powers in the Nigerian movie industry are frustrating her efforts.

In a statement made on her behalf by by Ugoma Adegoke, the CEO of Life House, the movie may not get to air in Nigerian cinemas. According to the statement, major distributors in the industry are hampering her efforts. She however named FilmOne as one of the major distributors that have refused to work with the movie.

The statement according to apex.ng below;

FilmOne, one of the major film cinema distributors, has categorically refused to distribute Lionheart, primarily because they have no stake in it. They are currently invested in a couple of movies showing in the cinemas and want to protect their assets at all cost. Monopolizing the market this season is their strategy to recouping their investment,” the statement reads.

The actress adds that although pioneer cinema house, Silverbird agreed to exclusively exhibit ‘Lionheart’ across their cinemas, as soon as the announcement was made about the release, the ‘powers that be’ of distribution and marketing proceeded to arm twist them into backing out of the agreement by threatening to boycott them in the future.

The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and became he first Nigerian movie to be bought by Netflix