Yedemblong

[Yedemblong @Yedemblong]

Gorge!!

[Jay @JStayReady_]

kinda tore this glam last night 😮‍💨 @lizzo

#JStayReady

[MUSTAF✰✰🇸🇳||🇨🇩🇵🇸🇮🇷© @RassoullDiop]

Pourquoi tu ne parles pas en public ???

MOI:

[hey @loveheqrts]

the balloons inside the box at the gender reveal

[Yedemblong @Yedemblong]

@DikaOfoma The waist bead, the "look at my sexy V-line and thighs" aahh ate! Bringing this cuntiness back soon.

[Yedemblong @Yedemblong]

@afrocrowns Genuine question, what stopped you from posting the full picture?

[Harley knows you are lonely and so she @miss_ezeani]

After the premiere of The Trade, I got chatting with producers. I asked them why they didn’t just let Eric get away? He was the perfect villain. You’re rooting for him.

Guess what they replied? Nigeria and Nigerian board restrictions.

Another time, I was cast for a movie that ended being cancelled because the NPF refused to approve how the script portrayed them. It was either they shot it without NPF which was the soul of the plot (ie use any other uniform that doesn’t suggest the NPF, what’ll be the point?), or not shoot at all. They canceled.

The Nigerian creative industry is not just restricted by “obvious” factors… there’re things that go on behind the scenes that greatly stifle ideation.

In the movie Top Gun, the US Navy provided them access to the Ranger aircraft carriers, fighter jets, and ACTIVE-DUTY military pilots to perform the aerial stunts.

In Transformers, the production received massive logistical support. They provided them with helicopters, Raptors, and actual military bases to use as filming locations.

In Ironman, Marvel Studios was granted access an air force base and actual military aircraft to film the scenes where Tony Stark's experimental suit clashes with the US Air Force.

To mention but a few.

But in Nigeria, if you wear Camo as a civilian, you’ll witness wonders.

The state of this nation affects EVERYTHING. It ruins things in ways you can’t begin to imagine until you have skin in it.

You go outside to shoot, you have to deal with street louts. You have a script that touches major sectors, and you’ll have to seek approvals upon approvals, or risk your movie been banned after release.

If this series even remotely refers to a particular national body, and the plot becomes too real, it’ll only take one person who feels attacked to can it.

These people are not stupid. They’re also navigating Nigeria like everyone else.

Let’s be kinder with our criticism.

[Yedemblong @Yedemblong]

@SASAoyobio Do a double mars🙂