Nigerian comedian cum filmmaker, Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth, has accused his colleagues of ruining opportunities to showcase Nigeria’s rich culture in their movies.
Basketmouth, in an interview with Hip TV, claimed that most recent epic movies do not promote the country’s culture.
The comedian stated that he is unimpressed with the few epic movies he has seen and urged filmmakers to put more effort into film production.
He said, “I believe that we still have the opportunity to get it right. But we had a great opportunity to showcase our culture and most of the filmmakers blew it up. They just ruined that great chance because I see epic movies and they look like stage plays.
“When I was seeing most of the epic movies, I was disappointed.
“You guys blew up a great opportunity but let’s hope we still have another chance to strike at it.
“I’m sorry, only very few movies have impressed me so far. I believe that we can do more.”
Meanwhile, Basketmouth has made a shocking revelation about the mismanagement of funds by Nollywood producers.
Basketmouth, in an interview with Arise TV, alleged that movie producers are given huge amounts of money by streaming platforms.
However, the producers use only 10% of the funds to produce the movie and use the rest to buy houses and cars.
The comedian also alleged that some producers coerce actors to share their monies whenever streaming platforms bypass them to pay directly.
While Basketmouth refused to mention names, he added that the producers who embezzle funds from streaming platforms know themselves.
