Nigerian actors, practitioners lament coronavirus impact on movie industry

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The immediate effects of coronavirus on the Nigerian movie industry are already being felt. When President Buhari’s first announced national lockdown ...

The immediate effects of coronavirus on the Nigerian movie industry are already being felt.

The COVID-19 outbreak has, no doubt, sparked a dramatic first for movie industries across the world. As the lockdown persists, filmmakers are screening their movies for free on online platforms like YouTube. But while movie streaming sites owners rake in cool cash this period, film exhibitors are counting losses.

Nigerian cinema exhibitors and operators say the industry’s revenue dropped by as much as 30.65 per cent between January and March 2020. I can’t say this has not affected our income as actors but it’s not every part of filmmaking that we do outdoors.

 

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