Legendary Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has pointed out some serious matters that pertains to the movie industry as far as the growth and preservation of the industry is concerned.
Jim Iyke who just made a heroic return into the entertainment industry after a few years hiatus in a recent interview revealed some of the things he learned being away that he believes will help better navigate the industry.
According to Jim Iyke, practitioners in Nollywood should be careful international bodies are taking advantage of them and exploiting them whilst leaving them with nothing.
Hear him:
“I’ve spent so much time in the business world, I’ve spent so much time thinking deeply about what we got right, what we are getting right now, what we got wrong, what we are doing wrongly now, and how we should position ourselves for the future.
We need to be careful because this industry is getting bigger by the day. So many international giants are coming to not properly partner with us, not giving us our due, and leaving nothing to our legacy but just want to take our content without due returns.
So, we need financial experts on board, we need to deliberately begin to engage entertainment lawyers that understand the nuances, that can read between the line and write our contract properly because the negotiating power is with us now and if we lose it in the nearest future, we will leave no proper legacy for the generation to follow and that, more than anything else, is what concerns and disturbs me at this point.”
Source:Ghgossip.com
