A female Nigerian graphic designer identified as Louisa ‘Jio’ Ejenavbo, who called out Ramsey Nouah and the producers of the 2019 movie, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, for using her work in the movie without crediting, has been compensated.
The lady who admitted not having a signed contract after she was contacted for the job in 2018, claimed the down payment she requested for was also not given because the media director for the movie told her then that the budget has not been approved.
Louisa made the claim in a series of tweets she shared on Tuesday.
“In 2018, I was contacted to work as the graphic designer for the ‘Living in Bondage’ movie. I was very excited as I had never been on a big project like that before hence I knew nothing and did nothing related to paperwork,” she wrote.
“Almost 2 years after Living in Bondage (Breaking Free is out and guess what, they used my designs in the movie. My blood and sweat, my sleepless nights and broken backs after claiming they were not good enough. Worse of, I wasn’t credited, I wasn’t paid. I wasn’t even compensated,” she added.
She, however, announced that she had been contacted by the team and duly compensated a short while after her tweets went viral and added that she was proud to have worked on the film.
“My noise together with your Retweets got them to know and they have contacted me. They didn’t know but now they do and have acted accordingly. I have been compensated. I am still proud to have worked on the movie and hope for future possibilities,” she wrote.
The Ramsey Nouah-directed movie, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free is a sequel to Living in Bondage, released in 1992.
It earned Ramsey the Best Supporting Actor and Best Director awards at the 2020 edition of the Africa Movie Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA).
