Kano-based filmmaker Prince Daniel (Aboki) has dismissed claims suggesting that Kannywood rejected him resulting from his faith or ethnicity, clarifying that the trade has been a robust pillar of assist in his profession.
His response follows latest media stories that alleged each Kannywood and Nollywood distanced themselves from him primarily based on regional and spiritual issues. The filmmaker, who directed Mai Martaba, said that he by no means granted an interview on the matter and that his feedback had been misinterpreted.
“For readability, Kannywood has by no means rejected me on the idea of ethnicity or faith. In reality, it has been my best pillar of assist as a filmmaker,” Prince Daniel said. “This was clearly demonstrated by the overwhelming assist we obtained from our great audiences throughout our cinema publicity, and from trade practitioners—each veterans and newcomers.”
He defined that in a latest occasion at Nollywood in Hollywood in Los Angeles, USA, he spoke concerning the challenges he confronted whereas engaged on Mai Martaba and pursuing an Oscar nomination.
His remarks about being caught between the trade’s segmentation—the place Kannywood noticed his work as Nollywood and vice versa—had been meant to focus on trade dynamics moderately than counsel discrimination.
“I say with each sense of accountability that I’m a Nigerian filmmaker, although of northern extraction. I reside in Kano, the place I practise my craft, springboarding from Kannywood. I’ve loved immense assist right here, with no prejudice in anyway,” he added.
Prince Daniel reaffirmed his dedication to the trade and its progress, pledging to collaborate with Kannywood’s founding figures to raise filmmaking requirements and problem detrimental stereotypes about Northern Nigeria.
“I stay dedicated to working with my colleagues and the founding fathers of Kannywood to raise the usual of our trade—telling our tales to the world and creating employment alternatives for our youth, removed from the stereotypical narrative of the North as being synonymous with battle and banditry,” he said.
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