His tweets were received with a strong negative reaction by a large number of people.
Bello Bala has released a detailed explanation of his comments to Pulse Nigeria. According to the documentary filmmaker,
a foreigner who sees “The Wedding Party” will conclude that Nigerians are not more than Yoruba and Igbo people, thus jeopardising our diversity.
Read detailed explanation below;
The wedding party movie is certainly one of the best movies out of Nigeria. The quality, the storyline and the humor are just amazing. Without any doubt, it appears to be a breakthrough in the Nigeria movie industry and marks the beginning of many goodies that are yet to come.
The movie I believe is set out to be not just for Nigerians but the global audiences, given the standard in which it was produced. Financially, it is budgeted beyond the Nollywood usual standard; it consumed sixty million naira. Indeed, It is unlike the usual local content.
However, throughout the film, one can feel and sense the Nigerian culture put into play, although inconclusively. There was no justifiable sense of diversity, contrary to a review by Temitope Adeyemi on thenet.ng. who wrote “The Wedding Party is a comedy, and even though there are many lessons that could be drawn upon from the issue of intertribal marriages.” She also added, “If you have ever attended a Nigerian society wedding, all the people you meet there are well represented in this movie.” Here she’s implying the idea of inclusivity has been achieved.
The movie is about a wedding between a Yoruba and Igbo families and the kind of drama that comes with it. Inclusivity in filmmaking and other endeavors have become critical to professionalism today, gender-wise, race-wise and otherwise, it is a global practice.
For Instance, you’ll hardly see a Hollywood film shot in the U.S these days without coming across one immigrant or another, sometimes even a tourist, because that is the reality. It is strategic to marketing too. But to my dismay, that didn’t happen in the wedding party.
Consequently, to a foreigner, the film will appear as though Nigerians are not more than Yoruba and Igbo people just like the Hutu and Tutsi of Rwanda, thus jeorpadising our diversity, because it is neither true nor a good impression. Nigeria is a home to over 350 different ethnic groups. In contrast, to really depict the true picture of what is typical about the Nigerian elites, there was a white girl who plays the friend of the bride. It is a norm that the children of the elites often invite their foreign friends to their wedding, but how not other Nigerians respectively?
Notwithstanding, I took the debate to my twitter handle and wrote “#TheWeddingParty movie is such a wonderful development in the Nigeria movie industry, but the northerners were excluded unfortunately.” Due to the shortness of the statement, it could easily be misunderstood because it was not elaborating.
The contrast between people of the south and those of the north is relatively much, and that’s why I particularly mentioned “north” because it is what I can easily identify. The tweet has indeed got some interesting responses and a number of insults. Many have also argued that my point is either invalid or irrelevant.
In fact, one twitter verified Henry Okelue said this in reply to me “how would northerners have been included if the story line does not have any northern situation in it?” It is the same way we neglect collective responsibilities. Some even thought I meant including Kannywood stars in the cast!
It wouldn’t have been a bad idea too but that wasn’t my point. We must be able to look beyond producing local content, whereby Nollywood sticks to what is southern, west and eastern if you like. Kannywood is simply local, as they don’t even speak English. Sadly, in some inclusive Nollywood movies, the northerners have easily been ridiculed and limited to playing the role of a gate man! gate man? And vice versa all in the name of humor.
We have a duty as filmmakers to unite our people in movies like The Wedding Party even if it is not true about us just to foster unity. I was even more disappointed when someone replied with a tweet that “But the thief at the party dressed like he’s Hausa na… please manage that one.” Implying that that the thief in the movie is a Hausa man. He may be right, the thief dressed like a northerner, even though I convinced myself, and many others who believed so that he was Yoruba as the name “Lukman” is relatively more common with them. But I doubt if my senior colleagues will make such a mistake with the intent of ridicule because they are professionals.
Apart from that, The Wedding Party is a very successful breakthrough in the Nigeria movie industry, I love it and I am proud of it. A Nigerian doesn’t stand alone because he is not one, he is many in one; Meaning, wherever a Nigerian finds himself should put it at the back of his mind that he is an ambassador to more 350 different people.
The Wedding Party” follows the drama that happens during the planning of a wedding between a Yoruba bride, Dunni, and an Igbo Groom, Dozie.
A collaboration between EbonyLife Films, FilmOne Distribution, Koga Studios and Inkblot Productions, “The Wedding Party” was directed by Kemi Adetiba.
와일드 바운티 쇼다운
Zhu Houzhao는 Fang Jifan 앞으로 빠르게 걸어가 “누구야! “라고 날카롭게 외쳤습니다.
레거시 오브 데드
총사령관은 조금 혼란 스러웠습니다.아무리 봐도 소식이 그다지 신빙성이 없습니다.
에그벳300
톈진 웨이의 선원들이 속속 시산에 도착했습니다.
EGGC
Fang Jifan은 약간 얼굴을 붉혔지만 “선생님도 마찬가지입니다. “라고 말했습니다.
5 라이온스 메가웨이즈
그들은 이미 Tianjin Wei에 도착했지만 Wang Shouren과 Jiang Chen은 아직 절반입니다.
플레이 슬롯
Hongzhi 황제는 잠시 생각하고 한 달 이상 전에 한 약속을 기억하는 것 같았습니다.
크립토 골드
교과서에 강한 흔적을 남기기에 충분한 전술의 표본일 뿐이다.
프라 그마 틱 슬롯 사이트
실제로 한을 이름으로 사용한다는 것은 폐하가 왕수인에 대한 기대가 더 크다는 것을 의미할 것입니다.
에그슬롯
Zhu Houzhao는 “Beitongzhou에 가지 않겠습니까? “라고 말했습니다.
오션 슬롯
그들은 Ouyang Zhi가 행복한 모습을 보여줄 수 있기를 매우 희망합니다.
와일드 바운티 쇼다운
Fang Jifan은 눈살을 찌푸리며 “그런데 왜 치료를 받아야합니까? “라고 말했습니다.
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79 슬롯
하지만 그런 참신함을 보고 Shen Ao는 거의 오줌 누는 것이 무서웠습니다.
파워 오브 토르 메가웨이즈
이 망원경은 Xishan 유리 작업장에서 만들어졌으며 실제로 멀리 보는 기능이 있습니다.
슬롯 바카라
말하면서 그는 한숨을 쉬었다. “대동아, 소식 있어?”
무료 슬롯 머신
한편 장관들은 Fang Jifan을 따라 Qianning Palace로 향했습니다.
꽁돈 사이트
그는 자신이 미쳐가는 것을 느꼈기 때문에 그를 더 심각하게 바라보았다; Liu Wuliu.
슬롯 나라 무료
Xiao Jing은 차 옆에 있었고 그 순간 그의 마음은 매우 복잡했습니다.
월드 슬롯
이것을 생각하면서 Fang Jifan은 모든 것이 그만한 가치가 있다고 느꼈습니다.
피망 뉴 베가스
이제부터 이 세상에서 왕세자 전하보다 더 안정된 자리를 차지할 사람이 누가 있겠습니까?
입플 사이트
며칠 후 왕세자는 100명의 관리와 함께 톈진웨이에 도착했습니다.
마블 슬롯
내시들은 이미 바빠서 궁전에서 잔치를 벌이기 위해 서두르고 있습니다.
EGGC
세상 쓰레기인 왕부시는 3개의 갑판과 4백7문의 대포를 가지고 있습니다.
토토 벳
“그렇습니다.” 홍지황제의 말을 들은 이동양이 대답했다.
무료 슬롯
Hongzhi 황제의 Ouyang Zhi에 대한 찬사는 비슷한 인식에서 비롯되었습니다.
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