The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC) Otunba Segun Runsewe has said the row that trailing the production of a new film, GANG OF LAGOS, calls for strategic rethinking on cultural related narratives by film makers in Nigeria.
This, he said, is imperative to avoid public resentments and reactions.
Runsewe pleaded with the Lagos State Government and residents to forgive any infractions contained in the flick, assuring to arrest such cultural insensitivity headlong.
Gang of Lagos depicts the iconic Eyo masquerade as enabler of violence, drawing angry reactions from cultural groups in Lagos Island and the State Government, which described it a misrepresentation of cultural ethos of Eyo masquerade and an insult to the tradition and history of Lagosians.
The 30-man cast film is being promoted by the duo of Jade Osiberu and Kemi Akindoju.