Nnaji won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role in 2005, making her the first actress to win the award
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Netflix has been wooing Nollywood stylishly for a while now: from streaming Nollywood movies from as early as 2016 to purchasing Genevieve Nnaji’s “Lion Heart” in 2019.
As of April 2019, Netflix had over 148 million paid subscriptions worldwide, including 60 million in the US
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on Tuesday, the film was dropped for having too many English dialogues, against the category’s criterion for predominantly non-English dialogue
This drop by the Oscars has reduced the number of films competing for the award to 92 from what had been a record 93 entries
The Actors Guild of Nigeria and the Directors Guild of Nigeria have lauded the nomination of Genevieve Nnaji’s movie “Lion Heart” for the 2020 Oscars in the category of Best International Film.
Veteran actress and filmmaker, Genevieve Nnaji, has called out film distributors for allegedly monopolising the market.
Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut: “Lion Heart,” was premiered for cinema viewings at a private screening in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that although the movie was purchased by Netflix in July, Nnaji’s team announced last Friday that its cinema screening would commence on December 21.
The deal, it is also suspected, will see the ‘Lion heart’ actress collaborating with top Hollywood filmmakers to produce movies from African and Nigerian stories.
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