Movie stars such as Patience Ozokwo and Kanayo O. Kanayo stormed Oriental Hotels Liekki, Lagos on Sunday for the premiere of the movie Ikemba.
Patience posted photos of the private screening on Instagram on Monday.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the actress popularly known as Mama G described Ikemba as “a one-stop movie that gives you everything you want in a movie. It talks about tradition, culture, education, foreign touch and everything that has happened to us. The message cuts across cultures.
“It is a star-studded movie but most importantly, it passes an important message on how the foreigners came in and what they did. I hope people will learn to make movies with great stories like this.”
Kanayo, also described the movie as being unique, adding that it looks back to the days when the white men came and those on ground did not understand them.
“Africans are great people who don’t unnecessarily suspect you but then, the white man came with Bible in hand and before we opened our eyes, we had the Bible and they had the lands
“They came with entrenched interest, it caused division amongst us, which has not gone till date. Now, we hardly trust people around us. There is always this tendency of playing the politics of supremacy, these are the stories told by Ikemba which makes it a unique one.” he said.
Ikemba stars Pete Edochie, Patience Ozokwo, Ramsey Nouah, Zubby Michael and others.
