Oh NO! It Was Not Hollywood After All…It Is Still Nollywood | Yvonne Nelson Stars Alongside Akon, Djimon Hounsou & Others In Nigeria’s Jeta Amata’s New Movie

Few days ago, we posted photos of Ghanaian actress-Yvonne Nelson posing for the camera on set with musician-Akon, actors-Djimon Hounsou and Viva Bianca.

Though the photos came across as the usual fan having met a celebrity snapshot, some of you could not just take the fact we said ‘ Akon, Djimon Hounsou and Viva Bianca are not Hollywood names’.

I am not sure what your understanding of Hollywood is if you think Akon, Viva Bianca and Djimon Hounsou are names that can move anything in Hollywood. I just hope you are not confusing any of these names with Denzel Washington.

And I must quickly add that, we have gone through what is a Hollywood movie and what is not on this blog so no need to resurrect that discussing on here.  Having an America star (even if a Hollywood name) in a movie does not automatically make the movie a Hollywood production…

If you thought I was being diabolical by failing to appreciate Yvonne Nelson’s attainment of Hollywood status, I am sorry to disappoint you—-I are right and you are wrong.

It is not a Hollywood kind of party—It is a Nollywood movie being put together by Nigeria’s Jeta Amata who is known for hiring America stars to raise the Nollywood game…(This is how the UK’s Guardian described his production style in a recently article )

If you do know who Nigerian Director/Producer- Jeta Amata is, then I am sure you have not seen/heard of his amazing movie- Black Gold, a drama about the Niger Delta crisis.

Jeta Amata’s Nollywood movie being shot now in America which stars Yvonne Nelson alongside the above named actors is titled ‘Road to Redemption’ (The Curse)….The film centres around Samantha, a medical school graduate who decides to go on a volunteer mission in Nigeria.

She arrives in the village to meet issues of Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). After realizing she can make a difference in the lives of suffering young women who will never have her advantages, Samantha drags one small corner of the world into the modern era with dramatic consequences.

As we stated the other time, though Yvonne Nelson is not anywhere near being called Hollywood, it is great to see her get some work done.