After opening its 2019 workshop series in Lagos,
the National Film and Video Censors Board
(NFVCB) has taken its roadshow to the South-
South and South-East zones of the country,
making stops in Port Harcourt and Nnewi last
week.
In Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the programme,
tagged ‘Media Literacy Capacity Building On Film
Classification & Empowerment For Youth’ took
place from January 15 to16, 2019 at the Algate
Hotel, an exercise facilitated by Hon. Boma
Goodhead in the Asari Toru/Akuku Toru Federal
Constituency.
Participants had a great time interacting with
veteran actress and youth advocate, Hilda
Dokubo, a daughter of the soil who helmed the
talks on Film Classification.
Dokubo spoke with the most familiar references,
language, gags and slangs of Rivers people.
“I’m going to make it as interactive as possible,â€
she began, as she threw a question that set the
ball rolling. “When you buy a film, how many of
you flip to the back jacket to see the
Classification Symbol? She asked. None
responded in the affirmative. “So, that’s a
problem,†she declared.
Enumerating some of the categories of
classification, Dokubo explained that there was
the need to adhere strictly to the rules.
The actress who frowned at stereotype contents
in Nollywood movies pointed out that as a way of
changing the narrative, producers must desist
from stories that portray the police as bribe
collectors, soldier as civilian beaters, the girl-child
doing the home chores while the boy-child plays
football, as well as movies that portray career
woman as endangering their home and marriage,
while the full-time housewife is seen as the ideal
women.
In Nnewi, the industrial nerve of the South East
geo- political zone, it was a gathering of notable
stakeholders in the creative industry from Nnewi
North/South and Ekwusigo Federal
Constituencies.
The event which held on Thursday, January 17,
2019, was an empowerment workshop for youths
in the movie and entertainment industry from that
area. They include actors, script writers, movie
producers and directors, marketers, costumiers,
editors and other crew members within the movie
production chain. In his opening remarks,
Executive Director of the National Film and Video
Censors Board, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas urged
participants to avail themselves of this rear
opportunity to carve a niche for themselves within
the creative industry.
He noted that the essence of the training was; to
develop participants’ interest and understanding
of classification; make participants ambassadors
of film classification by letting their children know
what to watch and watch not to watch; and
assist in lobbying policy makers on important
classification recommendations.
source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/nfvcb-takes-training-to-p-harcourt-nnewi/
