IT was a gathering of movie pundits on Tuesday as star actress, Genevieve Nnaji, played host to the media for a screening of her very first movie, Road to Yesterday at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, Lekki,
Addressing the gathering, director of the movie, Ishaya Bako, said that making a movie of such magnitude was a pretty interesting experience. “I would say I am blessed with a very fantastic cast and crew and people that were very dedicated to creating a story like this. It is not really an everyday story which was really risky but at the end of the day, we tried to stay true to the story,” he said.
A movie about intrigues and the intricacies of a stormy marriage, Road to Yesterday explores several storytelling techniques that snowball into one all-revealing road trip. Produced in partnership with Africa Magic, the movie tells the story of a couple in a shaky marriage. To make things work, they have to visit the past to unearth secrets which further weakens their shaky foundation.
Regional Director, Mnet Africa Magic, Wangi Mba-Uzokwu, described the movie as one great production. “At Africa Magic, this is part of what we do. We invest in talent; we invest back in the industry. One of our focus is building an industry, obviously starting from Nollywood in Nigeria and then going out to the rest of Africa. We are really proud to be a part of this exciting project. We saw it as it was developing and decided to partner in a co-production capacity and it is something that we will keep doing,” she stated.
Co-producer of the film, Chinny Onwugbenu, stated that one of the missions of Road to Yesterday is to tell the Nigerian story our own way. “That was why we did this. We are proud of Road to Yesterday. I think it is a way to tell the African story now because we do experience love, heartbreaks and difficulties in marriages. We made sure to invest in Nollywood. We are going to be on Netflix, we are going to be on a couple of global platforms,” Chinny said.
Addressing the gathering, director of the movie, Ishaya Bako, said that making a movie of such magnitude was a pretty interesting experience. “I would say I am blessed with a very fantastic cast and crew and people that were very dedicated to creating a story like this. It is not really an everyday story which was really risky but at the end of the day, we tried to stay true to the story,” he said.
A movie about intrigues and the intricacies of a stormy marriage, Road to Yesterday explores several storytelling techniques that snowball into one all-revealing road trip. Produced in partnership with Africa Magic, the movie tells the story of a couple in a shaky marriage. To make things work, they have to visit the past to unearth secrets which further weakens their shaky foundation.
Regional Director, Mnet Africa Magic, Wangi Mba-Uzokwu, described the movie as one great production. “At Africa Magic, this is part of what we do. We invest in talent; we invest back in the industry. One of our focus is building an industry, obviously starting from Nollywood in Nigeria and then going out to the rest of Africa. We are really proud to be a part of this exciting project. We saw it as it was developing and decided to partner in a co-production capacity and it is something that we will keep doing,” she stated.
Co-producer of the film, Chinny Onwugbenu, stated that one of the missions of Road to Yesterday is to tell the Nigerian story our own way. “That was why we did this. We are proud of Road to Yesterday. I think it is a way to tell the African story now because we do experience love, heartbreaks and difficulties in marriages. We made sure to invest in Nollywood. We are going to be on Netflix, we are going to be on a couple of global platforms,” Chinny said.
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