Creative Industry
Production of Drug War movie ‘Green Wave’ begins with auditioning of talents in Abuja
The process for the production of an Upcoming Nollywood Movie titled ‘Green Wave’ has been set in motion with the auditioning of movie talents.
The audition exercise which held on Saturday at Asset Garden in Area 8 Abuja saw movie talents access the character they could play before proceeding to prove being worthy of the roles they choose.
Successful auditioness will have the privilege to star along Segun Arinze, Ivie Ekujai, Kevin Ikeduba, Ochimana Tender, Kenechukwu Eze, John Eddie Tamuno among other seasoned actors and actresses to make the movie a success.
“What I expect from the audition is the best cast we need for best interpretation of the story and Godwilling I’m hopeful of getting what we need from the crop of talents that have auditioned for various roles,” the movie’s director John Jesse Walters told newsmen.
Walters who identifies himself as
a “cross-director” has also directed directed an Hausa movie Series, ‘Muqabala’. Among his notable works done in English include ‘Good Citizen’ produced by Iroko TV among other works.
According to the movie producer, Ochimana Tender, ‘Green Wave’ tells the story of a society where law enforcers are heavily invested in fighting against the flow of illicit drug while others who pretend to be a part of the fight are undermining it.
“The movie comically portrays the fact that there are heroes among many scoundrels,” he said.
Ochimana went on to note that the movie would be out before the end of 2021, adding that “It’s going be cinematic and Netflix standard.“
When asked about the rationale behind the movies name, he said: “Green Wave is the name of an app developed where illicit drug are sold that’s how we came up with the name.”
On his part, the projected movie associate producer Adamu Musa Adams touted the upcoming movie “as presenting a model that can be adopted by Nigerian authorities to effectively deal with the flow of illicit drug in Nigeria and the corruption undermining the fight.
“The movie is an advocacy which presents a model that has never been adopted before,“ he said.
Creative Industry
FG Backs MyCityApp Launch of 100-Day Tourism Calendar to Drive $100bn Economic Growth
Joel Ajayi
The Federal Government has thrown its weight behind the launch of MyCityApp, a Nigerian city discovery and tourism platform designed to aggregate festivals, concerts, cultural events and lifestyle experiences into a single digital calendar.
The platform, which flags off the 100-Day Tourism Calendar, was unveiled on Monday at the Ember2Remember National Stakeholders’ Conference in Victoria Island, Lagos, with the initiative targeting Nigeria’s estimated $100 billion tourism and creative economy opportunity.
In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Media and Publicity Adviser to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the ministry said the conference was aimed at mobilising public and private stakeholders to transform the September-to-December festive period into jobs, investment and economic growth.
Speaking at the unveiling, the Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, said millions of visitors travel across Nigeria every year to celebrate, reconnect and experience the country’s diverse culture, stressing that the festive season could be deliberately organised and monetised to strengthen tourism’s contribution to the economy.
“This initiative is about moving beyond the traditional concept of a festive season. It is about deliberately organising, packaging, promoting, and monetising one of the most economically active periods in our national calendar,” Musawa said.
She noted that every visitor generates economic activity across several sectors, including aviation, transportation, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment, retail, technology, artisans and local communities.
The Minister commended MyCityApp Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Chukwu, for her vision and commitment to the initiative.
She urged state governments, event organisers, tourism operators, hospitality businesses and other stakeholders to list their festivals, concerts, exhibitions, food experiences, cultural celebrations, fashion and sporting events on the national calendar.
Musawa said the platform would enable Nigerians, members of the diaspora and international visitors to discover tourism and entertainment experiences across the country from a single, credible source.
Earlier, Chukwu said Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and creative sector provided enormous opportunities for tourism-driven economic growth.
She cited the contributions of tourism to the economies of countries such as Spain, France and the United States, arguing that Nigeria could equally build a $100 billion tourism economy.
Also present were Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Toke Benson-Awoyinka; Enugu State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke; NCAC Director-General, Obi Asika; National Gallery of Art Director-General, Ahmed Sodangi; ARCON Director-General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo; and MTN Nigeria CEO, Dr Karl Toriola.
MyLagosApp and MyCityApp will serve as the digital engines of the calendar, distributing events through a 360-degree media ecosystem to audiences in Nigeria and the diaspora.
Stakeholders were encouraged to upload their events on MyCityApp to participate in the national tourism calendar urging them to upload events on http://www.MyCityApp.io.
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