Entertainment of Saturday, 11 May 2024

Source: thenationonlineng.net

Female producers tell human stories more than men - Rita Dominic

Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic

Nollywood diva, Rita Dominic has opined that female filmmakers capture the essence of humanity in stories more than their male counterparts.

The 48-year-old role interpreter said the narrative of pushing women to act for the camera has changed as more women can now handle production gadgets.

“When we started Nollywood, we didn’t have many females on the production crew, they put us in front of the camera because they felt we were not intelligent or brilliant enough to do those things,” she said.

Continuing, the Imo State indigene said, “I am happy to say that I just finished on a film set, a Netflix and Ebonylife production, and all the heads of the department were women. I was so impressed.”

Reminiscing about her humble beginning, she said that years ago, men wrote storylines to soothe their folk, but that has begun to change now.

“In my production company, Audrey Silva Company, we try to employ the services of women. So, the world has changed as more women are going behind the camera, they are writing scripts and when women write scripts, it is different, they capture the essence of humanity in the stories.”

Dominic urged aspiring actors to ignore naysayers, believe in themselves, goals, and have a clear vision.