Funke Akindele’s blockbuster, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ misses out at 10th AMVCA, Nigerians react

‘A Tribe Called Judah’ lost all five nominations despite becoming the first Nigerian movie to gross over N1 billion in cinema last year “

By Kehinde Okeowo

The snub of Funke Akindele’s record-breaking film, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ at the recent Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), has continued to sent tongues wagging on social media.

TheNiche had earlier reported that the 10th edition of the annual event held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, on Saturday.

The movie ‘Breath Of Life’ was the biggest winner of the night, snagging six awards, including Best Movie, Best Sound Design, Best Director (BB Sasore), Best Lead Actor (Wale Ojo), Best Supporting Actor (Ademola Adedoyin), Best Supporting Actress (Genoveva Umeh), and Trailblazer (Chimezie Imo).

However, despite becoming the first Nigerian movie to gross over N1 billion in cinema last December, the movie ‘A Tribe Called Judah’  lost all five nominations.

As expected, the snub of Nigeria’s highest-grossing film sparked a social media firestorm.

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While some netizens felt the award showed the movie never really deserved the hype it generated, others frowned at the development.

An X user identified as @abazwhylllz wrote: “ A Tribe Called Judah is my own movie of the year. Keep your head high Funke Akindele.”

Another netizen@Lil_maamiii said: “I don’t want to hear anything like Funke Akindele was robbed oo, when she bagged all the awards with ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’, nobody remembered robbery oo, so please let ‘Breath Of Life’ breathe.”

@EngOguns added: “I’m not even that mad that the movie was snubbed in all categories. I’m livid because not once did they mention the 1B milestone.. It’s obvious that #AMVCA10 no longer f*ck with Funke Akindele.”

@PureMind_ tweeted: “The money Funke Akindele made from ‘A Tribe called Judah’ must have rattled a lot of people for this level of hate.”

While @Ifeobayeji wrote: “Anyway, Kehinde had a better performance than Funke if we compare both movies [‘Adire’ and ‘A Tribe Called Judah’]. But how ‘Breath of Life’ won best movie over ATCJ [‘A Tribe Called Judah’] is shocking.”