Veteran actor and university don, Prof. Sola Fosudo, has condemned the frequency of violence and sex scenes in Nollywood movies.
The 61-year-old spoke in Lagos on Saturday at a workshop for members of staff of the south-west zone of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB).
“The violence scenes in our films today have become more gruesome and sex scenes have become increasingly detailed.
“Use of vulgar language on screen has also increased over the years along with disregard for moral values, family values and religious tolerance.
“We rarely get to watch movies that are purely serene and meaningful and lacking violence and obscenity,” Prof Soludo said.
The dramatist is known to have featured in such controversial movies like Glamour Girls, True Confession and Rituals which were considered risqué at the time of their release
Comparing the work then to now, Soludo said “Today’s generation would consider such movies of those days to be ‘Lame’ or ‘boring’ because they are so used to seeing and hearing the violent and the obscene.”
He added that the moral decadence and increased aggressive behaviour among the youth were largely traceable to films they watch.
The professor of theatre art, therefore, urged filmmakers to place societal values, culture and national interest above personal pecuniary interests.
