Kenny George, the Nigerian actress and filmmaker, has voiced concerns over the growing challenges in the movie industry and the withdrawal of investors.
In a Instagram post at the weekend, she lamented that actors may soon end up as the only investors left in Nollywood because of the rising costs.
“I solidly stand on my word that one day actors will be the sole investors in movie, right now most investors are backing down, the cost of filming is very high, actors fee and co is scaring. You hear an actor who does not even have up to 10k views on his or her channel, day in day out asking 500k per day.
“Actors are billing high in the name of economic. To get an actor to collect 100k a day now self na war. Which way now? Very soon, actors will be the only investors in our industry. And as we are going right now, we are heading back to the beginning where it will be a group thing…I help you, you help me for my film also. That’s what we are approaching.” She noted.
She further said that YouTube, which was the only reliable source of revenue for the movie distribution, was not stable.
