I’ll Make Sure Filming Does Not Hold On Any Set Shooting With Angel Unigwe – Kanayo O. Kanayo

Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo has come out to vow to disrupt any movie set teen actress, Angel Unigwe is working on henceforth.

He recently had his say in a video he shared on social media, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the actress’ mum is fond of holding movie producers working with Angel to ransom, and she recently came on a set he was on to drag her daughter away without respecting the contract they had with her.

He added that he made the announcement to save and protect the entertainment industry in Nigeria.

His words, “I am making this video to save and protect the entertainment industry in Nigeria. A particular woman has been holding producers to ransom and this is unfortunate it has happened to me.

Unfortunately, she is Angel Unigwe’s mother, the actress. A contract is reached by every producer either orally or written and it is all respected. I found out that immediately this woman takes money from you, everything changes, I have gotten reports from people before it happened to me.

Last night she took her daughter at 9pm when a particular day we agreed had not expired. 12 midnight is expiring into another day, She came at 9pm and took her daughter.

This is a clarion call to every producer, in the name of professionalism and all that all that unites us, from this moment, 21st day of June 2024, any set that employs the services of Angel Unigwe, I will come to that set and make sure filming does not hold. You guys no what it is for an artiste to walk out on the set, There was no issue. We had very good working relationship with Angel. Her mother has been threatening to many producers.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.