Why Nollywood Is Not Gaining Global Acceptance -Genevieve Nnaji

Nollywood Screen Diva, Genevieve Nnaji, has revealed the major problem restricting Nollywood movies from gaining global acceptance. The acress while speaking on CNN where she spoke on her Net Flix acquired film, “Lion Heart,” said language is the major barrier preventing Nollywod from going global. She also indentified lack of funds for movies as one of the challenges of the movie industry.
When asked why Nollywood movies had not been recognised globally, Genevieve said for money we had to self fund, unfortunately for movies, we don’t have adequate funding for movies that we actually intend to go global, yet Nollywood stands good chance of going global soon, but language is the only problem that stands as barrier.
On why her movie ‘Lion Heart was acquired by Netflix, Genenieve added, “I think the authenticity of the story which was what I loved about it, it provided an environment where I would showcase the things that made me proud of our culture, our talent and our values. We focused on quality this time”. Lion Heart is the first original film from Nigeria to be owned by the American movie streaming platform Netflix.