How Nigerian actress, Judith Opara Mazagwu, others are turning Nollywood into Pornywood

Nigerian actress, Judith Opara Mazagwu otherwise known as Afrocandy no doubt seems to have succeeded in giving the  Nollywood a new face; raw pornography.

Recently, she stunned many Nigerians especially consumers of Nollywood movies when she posted on her facebook wall requesting for actors and actresses who could take up nude roles in her movie called Destructive Instinct.

The content of the message was, for many, an affront which precipitated a culture shock.

On April 19, 2012, on her Facebook wall, the request ran thus “It takes a lot of guts to get naked in front of the camera. In couple of my concluded up-coming movies, there’s a lot of nudity in them. I also have scripts lined up for production and there will also be nudity in most of them. So if you are an aspiring actor/actress, you have the passion and you will like to get naked, send in your info/contacts for casting and I look forward to meeting and working with you.”

The trailer of the movie got to the internet and was a cache of sexual obscenity. What became disturbing for many was the array of artistes of Nigerian extraction.

Afrocandy’s Destructive Instinct is obviously one of the many of the recent but repelling experimentations of explicit pornography by Nollywood.

It is still unarguable that Nigeria’s Nollywood is one of the world’s most profound movie industries as it has been the hub of churning millions of Naira at the export market.

Quite rich, also, was the industry’s application and celebration of the values and cultural ethos of the African spirit—especially Nigeria’s.

It was so tightly knit that the industry was, in most cases, responsive to the cultural and moral sensibilities of the Nigerian audience.

Scenes that depicted the triumph of evil over good, sexual obscenities were carefully avoided both by the script writers and of course the actors and actresses.

Nigerians, have over, the years, especially since the emergence of the sobriquet, Nollywood, developed a kindred spirit with actors and actresses of Nigerian extraction.

Sexually illicit representations were seen as the demeaning derivative of the decadence in the moral values of the West and recently in the movies of neighbouring West African countries—especially Ghana.

It was, therefore, an unpretentious and spontaneous irritation by the Nigerian audience that welcomed such gradual and unchecked introduction of pornography into Nollywood movies.

Aside Afrocandy’s Destructive Instinct, the assortment of these porn movies includes Room 027; Bold 5 Babes; The Benjamins; Bedroom Assassin; Pregnant Hawkers; Sinful Act 1 &2; Lesbian; Taboo! Pastor Fornicates in the Office and a host of others.

While interestingly, familiar Nollywood faces like Collins Onwochei, Tony Umez, Lisa Onu and many other neophytes are the cast of these movies, quite predictably well, these movies and their producers have found the internet as the veritable platform with YouTube providing the trailers of these movies.

Naija StarNews24 can only advise Nollywood consumers to be wary while picking up movies to watch with their kids as most of these x-rated Nollywood movies quite unusual do not have any age restriction. 

Video clip of Destructive Instinct 

http://muvi.es/w4543/158333