http://www.modernghana.com/ Visit Modern Ghana News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. Modern Ghana News provides trusted Ghana news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Mon, 22 Nov 2009 19:42:52 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 11/22/2009 7:42:52 PM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 Leading female film maker and the honcho of Purple Pine Productions Vivian Ejike is now ready to hit the shelves again with her long awaited blockbuster Silent ScandalsThe heartwrenching flick according to cerebral Ms Ejike would be released on VCD and DVD in the next couple of weeks in Nigeria Europe US and the rest of AfricaWhi ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5911/3/vivian-ejikes-silent-scandals-out.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5911/3/vivian-ejikes-silent-scandals-out.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5911/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 21 Nov 2009 07:39:35 +0100 0 Certainly this is not the best of times for Nigerian born international filmmaker and cultural ambassador Lancelot Oduwa ImasuenThe everbubbly filmmaker from Benin Edo State is currently downcast and battling to save the life of his elder brother Ese who has been down with a kidney failure in the last five monthsAccording to Imasu ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5883/3/top-director-lancelot-imasuen-needs-your-help.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5883/3/top-director-lancelot-imasuen-needs-your-help.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5883/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 18 Nov 2009 06:39:38 +0100 0 Private ActressEgo Boyo has a certain calmness about her from her voice to her mannerisms and soft features its quite easy to see why the camera so loved her Years into her career Ego Boyo noticeably vanished from the screen choosing instead to pursue her dreams of working behind the camera As a wife and mother of two she values ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5871/3/all-egono-ego.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5871/3/all-egono-ego.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5871/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 16 Nov 2009 01:02:50 +0100 0 For someone who confessed that the last time she faced the camera as an actor was five years ago her love for directing would not be in doubt According to her I just focus on directing I did not want to be known as an actressdirector I just want to have more prominence in directingTalking with with Patience Odiriverherhe Claret Oghre o ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5842/3/i-cant-fall-victim-of-sexual-abuse-patience-oghre.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5842/3/i-cant-fall-victim-of-sexual-abuse-patience-oghre.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5842/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 13 Nov 2009 08:14:31 +0100 0 Aquilah Njamah a Hollywood award winner and film maker is one of the Njamah acting siblings including John and Empress In this interview with nfc he speaks on his grouse with Nollywood and other issuesQ Aquilah you seem to be one of the film makers who publicity shy and detest blowing their trumpets What is your reason for thisA Ap ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5809/3/nollywood-is-sick-aquilah-njamah.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5809/3/nollywood-is-sick-aquilah-njamah.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5809/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 08 Nov 2009 07:14:04 +0100 0 The name Teco Benson is synonymous with Nollywood Having produced and directed movies for the past eleven years Benson is still striving for advancement in his career Already his office is like a gallery of awards he won in his career He spoke to us on his achievements challenges vision among others in this interviewBut this moviema ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5766/3/help-nollywood-is-crumbling-teco-benson.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5766/3/help-nollywood-is-crumbling-teco-benson.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5766/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 01 Nov 2009 17:12:47 +0100 3 The world premiere of Kunle Afolayans latest movie The Figurine will hold on October at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas Lekki LagosThough there will be an advanced screening of the movie on October to commemorate Nigerias Independence Day anniversary the film will open simultaneously on October at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas The ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5672/3/the-figurine-premieres-on-october-2.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5672/3/the-figurine-premieres-on-october-2.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5672/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 30 Sep 2009 06:56:05 +0100 0 Actress scriptwriter and filmmaker Omoni Oboli has always been in the vanguard of the fight against nudity in Nigerias entertainment scene In this interview with REPORTER Ovwe Medeme she speaks on the challenges in the industry the need to combat piracy and her recipe for making a good movie Excerpts What does it take to be a scriptwrit ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5589/3/sexual-harassment-not-peculiar-to-nollywood-omoni.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5589/3/sexual-harassment-not-peculiar-to-nollywood-omoni.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5589/3/#showcomments2 Thu, 09 Sep 2009 22:28:50 +0100 0 He began with Ehi Buckor in the movie Ebuwa where the then wannabe played the lead role in his languagebased movie premiered inover cities across the globe and has promoted immensely the Edo Language Next he unleashed British based Beverley Naya in Home In Exile a movie that should premier in over cities before the end of the year ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5532/3/lancelot-imasuens-new-passion.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5532/3/lancelot-imasuens-new-passion.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5532/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 01 Sep 2009 06:18:26 +0100 0 Foluke Daramola is one of the few Crossover actresses you have made a mark in both Yoruba and English movies She also has not stoped there Foluke is also well known for her roles in various soap operas even on cable She recently premiered he lattest effort Wakati Eda which she says is yet to be released for public viewing She spoke wi ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5526/3/my-soft-spot-for-the-needy-foluke-daramola.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5526/3/my-soft-spot-for-the-needy-foluke-daramola.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5526/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 30 Aug 2009 09:24:49 +0100 0 Pretty Nollywood actress and film producer Lilian Amah has distinguished herself in showbiz but she is also an aspiring novelist Prodding into the depth of human existentialism in her best selling novel Echoes of a Heartbeat and investigating into the dynamics of human relationships and intertribal marriage within the context of the Nige ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5517/3/we-need-good-women-in-nollywood-lillian-amah.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5517/3/we-need-good-women-in-nollywood-lillian-amah.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5517/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 29 Aug 2009 07:05:14 +0100 0 When it comes to getting the job done MTV award winning music video director Seyi Babatope says there are no sacred cows In a no holds barred interview with us the California State University Cinema and Television graduate talks about his foray into the world of moving picturesTell us about some of your workI havent done so much ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5495/3/directors-chair.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5495/3/directors-chair.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5495/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 25 Aug 2009 06:52:19 +0100 0 Nollywood actress Foluke Daramola last Sunday set new standard for movie premiering in Nollywood and proved the fact that being a prominent artiste in the Yoruba genre of the movie industry does not confine one to second best The star actress premiered her talk of the town movie Wakati Eda at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja Lagos to ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5490/3/foluke-daramola-sets-new-standard-for-movie-premie.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5490/3/foluke-daramola-sets-new-standard-for-movie-premie.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5490/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 24 Aug 2009 13:54:13 +0100 0 The call for justice by the entire membership of the ACTORS GUILD OF NIGERIA AGN which was accentuated by the esteemed Area Commander Area C Police Command Iponri Lagos Mr Bello Adullahi on Thursday rd of July who looking Mr Ejike Asiegbu in the face told him that he is bringing the guild and the entire country to disrepute and advis ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5410/3/exclusive-even-the-court-says-so.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5410/3/exclusive-even-the-court-says-so.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5410/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 08 Aug 2009 23:29:10 +0100 0 Few weeks after mesmerizing the world on CNNs Screening Room where he spoke extensively about the huge potentials inherent in Nollywood and what makes the second largest film producing nation globally very unique Nigerian born internationally acclaimed filmmaker Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen is set to receive and give out more honours and laurels ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5386/3/more-laurels-for-top-director-lancelot-imasuen.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5386/3/more-laurels-for-top-director-lancelot-imasuen.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5386/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 09 Aug 2009 11:10:05 +0100 0 Amidst glitz and grandeur respected director Emem Isong recently staged the world premiere of Edikan the Ibibio language film from the stable of Royal Arts Academy which is also subtitled in EnglishEdikan tells the pathetic and moving story of a teenage girl that was sexually abused by her stepfather and later branded a witch when she dar ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5383/3/emem-isong-premieres-edikan.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5383/3/emem-isong-premieres-edikan.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5383/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 07 Aug 2009 10:42:06 +0100 0 Funlola AofiyebiRaimis first appearance on the Nigerian showbiz scene was in her role in the movie Violated and later the popular soap Palace A certificate holder in drama and theatre arts from the Westminster College England Funlola is the producer and presenter of Touch of Spice on radio and CEO Spice Angels LagosIn this interview wit ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5367/3/i-add-spice-to-peoples-life-funlola-aofiyebi-raimi.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5367/3/i-add-spice-to-peoples-life-funlola-aofiyebi-raimi.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5367/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 02 Aug 2009 07:42:38 +0100 0 Versatile film maker Ifeanyi Igbenyi popularly known as Mr Hollywood may be just another name to movie lovers But to the practitioners it is a name that carries authority In this chat with Chidima Miriam Okonkwo he speaks about the boom in the Nigerian movie industry and the challenges of the filmakers The manIfeanyi Igbeny hail ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5313/3/nollywood-may-soon-crash-mr-hollywood.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5313/3/nollywood-may-soon-crash-mr-hollywood.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5313/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 26 Jul 2009 01:34:48 +0100 0 Antar Laniyan is an actor of repute In this interview with CHIOMA PIUS the director of the attentiongrabbing TV soap the Super Story series says there is need to raise the bar in the movie industryCan you let us into your backgroundMy name is Antar Laniyan and I came into the industry that later became Nollywood as a young boy thoug ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5279/3/life-as-an-actor-is-rough-tough-antar-laniyan.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5279/3/life-as-an-actor-is-rough-tough-antar-laniyan.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5279/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 24 Jul 2009 07:19:33 +0100 0 All is now set for the world premiere of Edikan the Ibibio language film from the stable of Royal Arts Academy which is also subtitled in EnglishEdikan which premieres amid glitz and grandeur today Friday July tells the pathetic and moving story of a teenage girl that was sexually abused by her stepfather and later branded a wit ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5254/3/emem-isong-premieres-edikan-today.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5254/3/emem-isong-premieres-edikan-today.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5254/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 17 Jul 2009 07:59:38 +0100 0 Ego Boyo Managing DirectorTemple Productions Limited was a seasoned actress who featured in such popular soaps as Checkmate and Ripples However for a long time now nothing has been heard about her in the industry She tells National Life what she does now and why she is out of the acting worldWhat have you been doing since you left the a ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5225/3/im-not-missing-nollywood-ego-boyo.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5225/3/im-not-missing-nollywood-ego-boyo.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5225/3/#showcomments2 Wed, 14 Jul 2009 00:15:20 +0100 0 Charles Novia is a movie producer and acclaimed scriptwriter His name at different times conjurs brilliance controversies and achievements in NollywoodIn his kitty are Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG sponsored blockbuster Covenant Church Missing Angel and Caught in the Middle among othersA usually cool and unassuming but v ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5211/3/people-always-say-i-have-nothing-to-offer-charles-.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5211/3/people-always-say-i-have-nothing-to-offer-charles-.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5211/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 13 Jul 2009 01:51:49 +0100 0 The Nigerian movie industry Nollywood was recently adjudged one of the biggest in the world receiving accolades from pundits all over the world Although there are still lapses the industry has since inception grown tremendously and its success will be incomplete without giving due credit to the movie directors most of whom are always behind th ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5147/3/the-top-movie-directors-in-nigeria.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5147/3/the-top-movie-directors-in-nigeria.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5147/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 02 Jul 2009 02:45:55 +0100 5 He is popularly called MrProlific having produced well over fifty movies and many soap operas which are currently running on air Chico Ejiro the softspoken father of two from Delta State spoke to httpnigeriafilmscom recently and bared his mind on issues facing the movie industry the effect of the economic meltdown and why sexual harassmen ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5063/3/i-lost-an-actor-in-a-hectic-shooting-chico-ejiro.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5063/3/i-lost-an-actor-in-a-hectic-shooting-chico-ejiro.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5063/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 20 Jun 2009 07:57:13 +0100 0 The prolific and prominent Lancelot Oduwarine Imasuen was born on the TH of July in the ancient city of Benin His passion for arts started at a very tender age At nine years old he was among the children in the drama group in his church he acted in several productions throughout his secondary school years and participated in the variet ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5059/3/profile-lancelot-odumare-imasuen.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5059/3/profile-lancelot-odumare-imasuen.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5059/3/#showcomments2 Sun, 20 Jun 2009 09:24:52 +0100 0 Respected and celebrated female filmmaker Emem Isong is set to kill three birds not two with just one stone And since she is a member of the make believe world the above scenario could only happen in Nolloywood now the worlds second largest filmmaking nationAfter a long wait Isong and her partners Desmond Elliot and Uduak Oguamana are ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5056/3/emem-isong-on-the-march-again.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5056/3/emem-isong-on-the-march-again.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5056/3/#showcomments2 Sat, 19 Jun 2009 09:49:36 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5006/3/orunmila-was-the-first-messiah-fatomilola.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/5006/3/orunmila-was-the-first-messiah-fatomilola.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/5006/3/#showcomments2 Mon, 14 Jun 2009 10:22:17 +0100 0 Come Thursday June Position TV features its first nonvisual arts personality on Silverbird TV The encounter with Tunde Kelani popular cinematographer centres on diverse issues surrounding the production of films in Africa including the hopes and the impediments The interview which runs from am is a bold attempt at examining the bourg ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4984/3/its-a-tragedy-for-govt-to-abandon-cinema-says-tund.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4984/3/its-a-tragedy-for-govt-to-abandon-cinema-says-tund.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/4984/3/#showcomments2 Fri, 11 Jun 2009 00:16:39 +0100 0 THE producer of the new feature film The Zimbabwe That I Know which will be shot in Zimbabwe soon has announced some of the people that have made it into the cast of the film The film will feature Zimbabwean and Nigerian actorsThe producer and scriptwriter of the film Tawonga Mafundikwa said actors went through rigorous auditions and they wer ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4917/3/feature-film-cast-named.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4917/3/feature-film-cast-named.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/4917/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 01 Jun 2009 22:46:36 +0100 0 The documentary film entitled Sweet Crude by filmmaker Sandy Cioffi debuted in April Filmed in it chronicles the struggles of local residents and oil industry workers in Nigerias turbulent Niger Delta region Mary Ella Keblusek who served as an associate producer on the project says that on April of last year members of the ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4916/3/sweet-crude.html http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4916/3/sweet-crude.html http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread1/4916/3/#showcomments2 Tue, 01 Jun 2009 22:30:23 +0100 0