Nigerian Nollywood actor and producer Femi Ogedengbe left Nigeria for the United States in 2016. Femi said the reason he left Nigeria and Nollywood was as a result of frustration, poverty and unfulfilled promises.
In an interview with city people’s Gbolahan Adetayo he disclosed that moving to the United States was a step he took to chatter for his family and himself because he was no more getting jobs in Nigeria.
Femi Ogedengbe said, Nollywood is infected with tribalism, with reasons that when people sponsor a movie they tell you the cast they want in the movie and we that merits to be in the movie are sidelined either because of tribe or financial muscle.
This lead me to going into the Yoruba movies but yet still it was still not getting better for me. In the Yoruba set it was help me issues.
The father of Nollywood and Hollywood (which are the name of his twin) said he is not getting the joy he had in Nollywood in the United States but it is a stepping stone to launching him into his film career proper.
Femi who also disclosed he is proud of working as a security guard also said that it is sustaining him very well, his family and his relations. He is also aiming at establishing his personal security firm in the United States.
