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  • Why I was blacklisted in Nollywood – Joke Silva

    Why I was blacklisted in Nollywood – Joke Silva

    Veteran actress, Joke Silva, has revealed she was blacklisted years ago in Nollywood.

    The thespian revealed this during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.

    According to her: “Years ago, we did this film that was the time the marketers were getting involved in movies. This marketer came to our house, we were living in Ikeja at the time, brought money for myself and my husband to come on this film that they had already started shooting. And he wanted us to play the parents of the star of the film and we decided to do it. It was Fred Amata who directed at the time. We started shooting and things were going a bit rocky until one day we were waiting for the lead actress. They told us we had to be on location by eight in the morning. And we got on location on time, we are never late. We got dressed and we were waiting. We were waiting till four in the afternoon.

    “When the marketer then brings the star along to the location, I turned around and I looked at Fred and said ‘I am contracted to work with you for two weeks and I will give you two extra days because I know what location can be like, after those two days, if we don’t finish, I am walking’.Fred said I totally understand. I am sure he didn’t believe I would do it.

    “When those two days were up, we still had one scene and it was supposed to be a very crucial scene in the film. I didn’t show up. The marketer was big at that time. Because of that, I was secretly blacklisted for quite a while. Mine was never mentioned, but it was done.”

  • How being blacklisted made me become producer-Rita Dominic

    How being blacklisted made me become producer-Rita Dominic

    Gorgeous and soft spoken, Rita Dominic is undoubtedly one of the most revered actresses in Nigeria.

    The fashionista made this revelation as a guest on ‘Phantom Xtraordinaire Show’ hosted by reality Tv star, Tobi Bakre.

    Asked up the low moment in her career, she said:” At some point in my career, I think I wanted to evolve, do different things and all. The people that we used to work with a lot then, couldn’t be bothered so I wasn’t getting work. So I was blacklisted silently. If you would remember, there was a major blacklisting and some of them got a lot of flak for it.This was silent and I knew it.That was actually one of the things that made me started producing, to form the Audrey Silva Company with my business partner and we went on to produce our first film which was ‘The Meeting’.I starred in it”.

    Going down memory lane, Dominic said she used to participate in a lot of Tv shows as a child.

    “I used to participate in a lot of TV shows for children and then we were living in Aba in Abia State. I was really young then.So that is really where I actually started performing. We had this show called ‘Children’s Variety’ which took place I think every Saturday. Then ‘Junior opinions’ took place on Sundays. You would see me on these shows. I remember when we go to church, you have children calling my name, running after me”.