Kanayo O Kanayo wants Nollywood filmmakers to do better with costume

<p>The actor says it is important for filmmakers to be realistic with the images they create.</p>, <span>Kanayo O. Kanayo Instagram/@kanayo.o.kanayo</span>, <h2>Nollywood veteran, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has cautioned filmmakers over misleading pictures of dressing and makeup in movies.</h2>, <p>Kanayo, in a video on his Instagram page on Tuesday said that most times filmmakers do not align with movie costumiers.</p>, <p>Captioning the video, he wrote, "Many Nollywood producers paint the wrong picture of dressing/makeup in the movies, all in the name of fine picture. It's misleading.</p>, <p>"The reality is that many practitioners have not realised that filmmaking is part of agenda setting in national development especially the culture and tradition of the people.</p>, <p>"The rich most times dress casually. Many are known by their expensive wrist watches, footwear, T-shirt and not agbada.</p>, <p>"How can a man be resting in his house, lying on the sofa fully dressed? How can a woman be adorned with full makeup while cooking?</p>, <p>"Most of the ladies sleep with their wigs on, with applied full facial foundation. Ahhhhhhh. Dear colleagues, let’s watch it."</p>, <p>According to the actor, it is important to be realistic in images created by filmmakers.</p>, <p>He added that part of his PhD dissertation was about, "The role of Nollywood in shaping and sustaining a Nigerian culture identity."</p>, <p>He said by doing so, the industry would become more credible and then acquire a more formidable character with which it cannot be ignored in the national and international agenda.</p>, <p>"This is what the music industry has done with Afrobeat. Now, they are all getting paid like they hit a jackpot. Nollywood can do better than them," he added.</p>