{"id":274750,"date":"2011-01-23T21:09:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T21:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49169"},"modified":"2011-01-23T21:09:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T21:09:57","slug":"trouble-at-the-cinemas%e2%80%a2silverbird-fires-abuja-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/23\/trouble-at-the-cinemas%e2%80%a2silverbird-fires-abuja-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouble at the cinemas\u2022Silverbird fires Abuja manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_49170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49170\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-49170\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/23\/trouble-at-the-cinemas%e2%80%a2silverbird-fires-abuja-manager\/ben-bruce-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49170\" title=\"Ben-Bruce\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ben-Bruce.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Bruce<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nNigerian film industry is currently embroiled in crisis following                allegations of fraud, and arm twisting in some cinemas. Silverbird                was reported to have fired its Abuja GM, Gibson, over \u201cfinancial                impropriety\u201d.<br \/>\nGibson was said to have made some moves the entertainment firm considered                improper and placed him under investigation.<br \/>\nSilverbird has since deployed the Lagos cinema manager, Taiwo to                replace Gibson and to manage that of Port Harcourt.<br \/>\nMeanwhile many movie makers who in times past dealt with cinema                houses are complaining and pointing accusing fingers at some cinema                owners for being too high handed. They also accused them of arm-twisting                and not being forthright with figures. They do not want to disclose                their identities.<br \/>\nA female filmmaker that premiered her movie in two major cities                in Nigeria and the UK was said to have been told that before her                movie would be given a cinema slot, she must do another premiering                at the cinema at a price, despite the fact that she did one in Lagos                earlier.<br \/>\nShe was given the bill and she paid and organized another premiering                in Lagos though with a low turn-out because many she would have                called already attended a premiering earlier. \u201cMy brother,                I really don\u2019t understand the sense in that other than the                fact that the cinema house (name withheld) wants to make money.                I had to pay another huge sum of money to them to premiere at their                cinema\u201d, she said.<br \/>\nAnother filmmaker whose film made over N22 million from the cinema                accused the cinema of not honouring terms a contract. \u201cOur                agreement includes vigorous promotion of the movie but we can all                see that the movie was not well publicized via their advertisement                channel. I did most of the publicity myself as they were busy hyping                foreign movies\u201d.<br \/>\nA major producer also accused a cinema in Lagos of unfair dealings                as it pulled off his movie within two weeks and at a time it was                the highest selling Nigerian movie at the cinemas. \u201cThey yanked                off my movie in two weeks just because I had a disagreement with                them over an issue and as at that time the movie was grossing more                than any other movie at the cinemas. You can verify this fact from                other cinemas in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. They cannot divorce                issues from personality\u201d, he said.<br \/>\nNow, Genesis Cinema is said to be jittery as the former MD, Kene                Mkparu is about to throw the door of his new cinema, Film House                open at Easter. The cinema which would be situated at Surulere and                Ketu are undergoing serious works and should be completed soon all                things been equal.<br \/>\nThe management of the firm is worried that its experienced staff                would resign enmass and team-up with Kene Mkparu since they were                all working with him while he was in the UK.<br \/>\nKene Mkparu has however said he hopes to raise his own team from                scratch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian film industry is currently embroiled in crisis following allegations of fraud, and arm twisting in some cinemas. Silverbird was reported to have fired its Abuja GM, Gibson, over \u201cfinancial impropriety\u201d. Gibson was said to have made some moves the entertainment firm considered improper and placed him under investigation. 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