I Don’t Use Emotional Blackmail To Promote My Movies – Bimbo Ademoye

Bimbo Ademoye

Nollywood actress Bimbo Ademoye has responded to criticism suggesting she uses tears to promote her movies. This comes after she spoke about challenges affecting the upload of her latest movie titled “Mirrors and Reflections,” on her YouTube channel.

An X user named Damola wrote, “Bimbo Ademoye dropping a video with puffy red eyes on her film’s release day, talking about how the devil is trying to test her. The script is so tiring at this point.”

Dismissing the claim by stating that she does not need anyone’s pity to sell her films, Bimbo noted that her life as an actress and producer involves significant effort and planning.

The moviestar added that she is a strong woman who constantly gives her best to keep her fans satisfied.

Her words “Don’t do that. Am I supposed to be battling people over stealing my film title and thumbnail? Do you think I just pick people’s pictures and merge them together? I organise proper photoshoots. I still pay for thumbnails and posters, only for someone to steal my hard work. Then someone says this is a strategy. What bloody strategy?

I have people who sacrifice their time and energy for me. Nobody sleeps. So you now think the way I would promote my film is to cry?

There was a restriction on Ruse that we had to call Google to resolve. I didn’t come online to complain; I handled it myself. Then ‘Fame and Fury’ and ‘Homecoming’ went well. Even with ‘Broken Hallelujah’, I went through a lot, but I didn’t come online to cry.

I was supposed to produce six movies last year, but I only did four due to certain challenges. This is not unnecessary, because it’s only a matter of time before people start to believe that I come online to seek pity. I am a very strong woman; I don’t need pity.

I do all of this to give my best, so do you think I would use tears to water down everything I’ve been through? Be careful.”

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.