Movie Last Slave Hits Market

A movie aimed at exposing human. Trafficking, Last Slave, is now in the market.

The producer and director of the movie, Henry Ozuluonye, at a press briefing earlier this week said human trafficking still exists in Nigeria and Africa

His words: "When people get missing without trace, it is possible they've been sold into  trafficking. The message in the movie is for everyone to join hands and eradicate human trafficking."
 
According to him, there were numerous challenges in the making of the movie. He insisted that managing 120 casts and crew members wasn't easy too.

"We were attacked by armed robbers on the first day, but God intervened and rescued us through Nigeria Police Force. We suffered plenty hazards due to the location, which was in a thick forest somewhere in Enugu."

Ozuluonye said the movie took 25 days and over six months of editing and VFX Effect, adding that the budget was around $200,000.

  He added, "I shot the movie after few workshops in the United States. I came back and I exercised those skills on the movie. The scenes are so emotional that one might want to cry and it was shot with my company’s latest equipment. We plan to release it on Friday but it has been premiered in Houston, Texas. It features the likes of Francis Duru, Zulu Adigwe, Joyce Kalu, Patrick Onyeocha and Nuella Njubigbo. Everything used in the movie was made for the purpose of it."
 
The Nollywood director, however, called on the government to concentrate on piracy because it was killing the creative industry.

"Before you even release the movie, it would have been pirated. The government should work adequately to check piracy. They should also make sure that necessary support is given for Nollywood to grow," he stated.