Funke Akindele Keeps Raising The Bar In Nollywood – Cute Abiola

Popular skitmaker Cute Abiola has penned an emotional open letter to Funke Akindele. This comes ahead of the release of her new movie “Behind The Scenes,” and fans have been reacting.

Hailing her creative impact since she began her journey in the Nigerian movie industry, he noted that the filmmaker keeps raising the bar in Nollywood.

Abiola added that Akindele’s consistency is something that will be studied for many years to come.

Her words, “I had the privilege of attending the premiere of BEHIND THE SCENES, and I’ve been searching for the right words ever since. Not because the words are not there, but because no matter what I write, it may still not fully capture what you achieved with this movie.

What you created is beyond a film. It is a mirror, a memory, and a message wrapped inside pure emotion. At a point, I looked around the hall and you could feel the emotion sitting on everyone’s shoulders. People weren’t just watching a movie. They were connecting with it.

Your consistency is something this industry will study for years… You keep raising the bar, challenging yourself, and reminding us that excellence is not an act, it’s a lifestyle.

BEHIND THE SCENES is not just entertainment; it is therapy, it is reflection, it is a gift… Thank you for showing younger filmmakers like us that greatness is possible when passion meets discipline.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.