Nigerian music video director, Praise Onyeagwalam, popularly known as Director Pink, has revealed that she abandoned her acting career owing to incessant sex-for-role propositions from male filmmakers.
The award-winning cinematographer, in a recent interview with Hip TV, said she became discouraged by the humiliation and sexual exploitation aspiring actresses often face in the movie industry.
According to her, the experience of standing in long queues at auditions and receiving shady calls from filmmakers inviting her to compromising locations made her walk away from acting.
“I wanted to be an actress, but the humiliation was too much — long queues, shady ‘come to this location’ calls. I said ‘No.’ That’s when I chose to be my own boss,” she said.
Director Pink noted that while her journey as a music video director also comes with challenges, she is determined to make sacrifices to grow in the profession.
She advised upcoming music video directors to remain patient and embrace delayed gratification, adding that those at the top of the industry worked for years to attain their present level of success.