{"id":6911,"date":"2020-07-10T19:17:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2020-07-10T19:17:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:17:27","slug":"revealed-americas-black-panthers-hollywood-movie-is-an-intellectual-theft-from-amazons-of-africa-women-warriors-90minutes-full-length-film-femi-lasode-award-wining-producer-afrika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/revealed-americas-black-panthers-hollywood-movie-is-an-intellectual-theft-from-amazons-of-africa-women-warriors-90minutes-full-length-film-femi-lasode-award-wining-producer-afrika\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed! America\u2019s BLACK PANTHERS’ Hollywood movie is an Intellectual Theft from ‘Amazons of Africa Women Warriors’ 90minutes full-length film-Femi Lasode, award-wining producer, Afrika \u2018n Vogue\/Even-Ezra Studios …True story of the war between Dahomey and Egbas of Abeokuta in in the late 19th Century * ‘It’s a huge cultural product that generates revenue, assist in the promotion of tourism *Movie will be subtitled in English, French, Yoruba and Beninoise languages * Bloc buster movie won award at the ‘Documentary without Borders’ Documentary Festival * Quote: \u201cIt has been asserted that this African story was the basis of Hollywood\u2019s ‘Black Panthers’, mega box office hit. While the ‘Black Panthers’ story is fiction, the ‘Amazons of Africa, Women Warriors’ story is factual. Hollywood, over the years, has often been accused of stealing African stories, only to bring them out in their own way\u201d *GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Revealed!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

America\u2019s BLA<\/strong>CK PANTHERS’ Hollywood movie is an Intellectual Theft from ‘Amazons of Africa Women Warriors’ 90minutes full-length film<\/strong>-Femi Lasode, award-wining producer, <\/strong><\/strong>Afrika \u2018n Vogue\/Even-Ezra Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…True story of the <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>war between Dahomey and<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>Egbas of Abeokuta in in the late 19<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>th<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/strong><\/strong>Century<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* ‘It’s a huge cultural product that generates revenue, assist in the promotion of tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Movie will be <\/strong>subtitled in English, French, Yoruba and Beninoise languages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Bloc buster movie <\/strong>won award at the ‘Documentary without Borders’ Documentary Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Quote: \u201c<\/strong>It has been asserted that this African story was the basis of Hollywood\u2019s ‘Black Panthers’, mega box office hit. While the ‘Black Panthers’ story is fiction, the ‘Amazons of Africa, Women Warriors’ story is factual. Hollywood, over the years, has often been accused of stealing African stories, only to bring them out in their own way\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Femi Lasode, award-wining producer, <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>Afrika \u2018n Vogue\/Even-Ezra Studios, a familiar name in Nigeria’s movie industry is an A-list producer whose film has always become a referral point in creative movie production. This former President of the Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of Nigeria, PMAN, owner of Afrika \u2018n Vogue\/Even-Ezra Studios discusses with GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERI<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>C<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>AN Foreign Bureau <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>Chief on reasons Hollywood’s Black Panthers’ movie is an intellectual theft of <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>‘Amazons of Africa, Women Warriors’, plans to ensure the film is<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> a tourism revenue <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>spinner, and many other issues:<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAIJA<\/strong> STANDARD: Can you tell us your deal with Benin Republic government regarding the bloc buster movie: ‘Amazons of Africa, Women Warriors?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the ever increasing urge to preserve West African History, promote tourism to the West African heartland and increase the export potentials of the Yoruba and Dahomey people, I firmly believe that the use and promotion of cultural products as a veritable tool, will assist in achieving the above-stated objectives. With this in mind, I believe that a professionally produced cultural film will go a long way, in not only documenting the history of the two neighbours – Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, and Abomey, in Benin Republic, but also be used as a cultural product that can assist in the promotion of tourism and export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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