QUEEN OF KATWE: LESSONS FOR NIGERIAN FILM MAKERS





Dear Nigerian Movie Producers and Actors, please try and watch Queen of Katwe and learn how movies are made.

The characterization, dialogue, sequencing, suspense, moral, story telling, cinematography, and all other elements of a good movie were on point in this movie. And if you have a heart and eyes not made of marble, you'll shed tears while watching this African movie of a female child chess protege.


Uganda is not known for film making, they may not churn out 29 movies a day like Nigeria, but in the only movie they've made of note, they killed it.

Queen of Katwe, excellent story telling. Not like Nigerian movies that are always about voodoo, get-rich-quick ideology, pathetic action sequence, recycled actors and lame romance. A Nigerian movie will unashamedly cast Mercy Johnson and Kanayo O Kanayo as secondary school pupils. 

Watch Queen of Katwe and see how directors employed child psychologists and pediatricians to help get children to get into character.

Courteous movie makers will use a movie to speak good about their countries, draw attention to a societal occurrence, or correct a perceived notion, but a typical Nigerian movie maker is only focusing on the smile on the way to the bank. Sad.



It is sad to say many of our movie makers lack any artistic proficiency or story telling acumen. One Nigerian man could write, direct, produce, act in, and market a movie. Would you still expect any artistic excellence from such a movie?

I cannot fail to acknowledge that there are still a few professionals in the Nigerian movie industry called Nollywood churning out beautiful movies but we've got a lot to learn from Queen of Katwe.

My humble take.

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