Why actors beg in difficulty – Patience Ozokwor on Nollywood financial struggles

Popular Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor besides known arsenic Mama G, has opened up astir the fiscal struggles faced by galore actors successful the Nigerian movie industry, blaming the concern connected the deficiency of royalties for their work.

Speaking during an quality connected the podcast/show “Curiosity Made Me Ask”, hosted by Isbae U, the histrion said galore performers lone person a one-time outgo for films they diagnostic in, careless of however often the movies proceed to make revenue.

According to her, this is wherefore immoderate actors are forced to publically inquire for assistance contempt years of moving successful the industry.

“The occupation wherefore you spot america beg is due to the fact that they don’t springiness america royalties. We conscionable enactment and toil truthful hard, and past that peanut, that wealth you gave america connected committee to travel and sprout for you, is the lone happening we get.”She said.

Ozokwor compared the concern with what goes connected successful much developed movie industries, wherever actors proceed to gain from their enactment agelong aft accumulation has ended.

“Go and look astatine the smallest actors successful developed countries. Every enactment they bash fetches them wealth each time of their lives.”

She added that successful those countries, royalties proceed adjacent aft an actor’s death, helping their families stay financially secure.

“Even erstwhile they are gone, their families inactive unrecorded connected that. We, ...