The Cameroon entertainment industry has been rocked with the recent news of a lawsuit between Ngwane Hansel and “Damaru” director, Agbor Obed Agbor.
This came because of numerous ideological, administrative and financial disparities from both parties who have not seen eye-to-eye on any resolutions made by local authorities, and the matter has been sent to the national security for scrutiny.
Ngwane Hansel, who acted, wrote and executively produced Damaru, a short film directed by Agbor Obed, has been bitter about the latter’s total indifference to issues regarding the movie and compensations.
According to Hansel, Agbor left the country and returned without notifying any of the executive producers of the short film. He did not even communicate to them when the film won a cash prize (7 million CFA) at the FESPACO 2015 film festival in Burkina Faso.
Upon return, Agbor Obed is said to have undertaken a media tour, while his colleagues have been left in the dark, with no clue as to what is going on.
Similarly, his colleagues have tried to get to him to no avail, as Hansel mentions.
Consequently, this led to a lawsuit being filed against him. The matter is now being handled by national security, as we await final deliberations.
This comes at a time when the industry is being plagued with greedy filmmakers who continually feed on the hard work of others, with no iota of regret or a speck of conscience.
If this has to be the revelation for dishonest filmmakers to retrace their steps and change, then we hope justice takes its course.
