Ruth Kadiri, the Nollywood actress, has revealed why she uploads her movies on YouTube.
In an interview with BBC Pidgin, Kadiri said there are “too
many” regulations concerning film production in Nigeria.
The mother of two said she began uploading her films on
YouTube because she wanted a platform where she could freely express herself
and “tell my stories”.
She added that the platform has provided filmmakers with an
opportunity to make money.
“I have been a
producer for a long time but there are too many rules and regulations during
production,” she said.
“So I called my team and told them that I want an
opportunity to express myself. For instance, if I see something online I want
to learn it and after learning, I want to upload it somewhere.
“When I travelled to give birth, I was bored and started
watching a lot of musical videos and noticed that some people put their films
on YouTube.
“I told myself that I’ll come back to try it. Some people
discouraged me and told me that there is no money in it. But because I needed a
platform to express myself and tell my stories, I decided to try it.
“I told my team that we should shoot and if the film is not
good enough, we will learn and use it as a learning process.
“Personally I don’t worry about competition and I feel like
as filmmakers, we are at the fore front and we hustle.
“If you remove YouTube from the industry, apart from
filmmakers and content creators, people will go hungry.
“YouTube is an
opportunity for a lot of filmmakers to make money and that’s what is happening
now. Because YouTube is what is feeding people now.”
Kadiri currently has two million subscribers and 294,790,208
views on YouTube.
In 2020, the movie star revealed how the fear of combining
her career and motherhood made her fall into depression during pregnancy.
She also said she was scared she would ruin her career and
wouldn’t be a good mother.
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