It was recently reported that most Nollywood filmmakers have been discriminating against dark skinned actresses as they prefer featuring mostly light skinned actresses in their movies, a situation that is leading several dark skinned actresses to resort to bleaching
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has shared her thoughts on the existing discrimination between light and skinned actors in Nollywood. In a recent chat on Pulse Television, the ‘Violated’ filmmaker said laziness is the only reason most director of photography prefer light skinned performers to dark skinned performers.
“I find that so irritating. I really do, and that’s where we come back to skills. It’s a cop out for a director of photography to prefer light skinned performers to dark skinned performers.
“If we take the trouble to watch films from other parts of the world, and see how when you have both white actors and black actors, see the lighting, see how the black person is lit.
“You just never get it in theatre. It does happen in films here, but it’s because of laziness,” the veteran concluded with.
