Abstract:
Chukwuenyem, (2007) "People have always sought to portray in as possible beliefs, lifestyles, social ills, history, and simple pleasant fiction through many art forms especially drama recently films. For such exposition the cinema suffices as an invaluable tool." Cinema is an important tool in building cultural institutions, and reinforcing cultural pride. The cinema could be used to heal the psychological wounds created by slavery and colonialism and to provide moral upliftment. The introduction of modern technology has no doubt given this great industry tremendous development. Nigeria was no exception to this widespread enthusiasm for cinema as this was the trend between the 60's- early 80's. Somehow over the years this culture began to suffer setback as certain factors began to creep into the social and economic life of Nigerians which has resulted in the low cinema consciousness of the average Nigerian who now became content with just sitting at home and watching home video movies. However, according to the managing director of genesis deluxe cinema, Lagos, Mr Kene Mkparu, with an experience of two decades in the cinema industry across Europe and America, "there's nothing compared to the cinema experience when put side by side with the popular home video." According to him, while Home video majors on the story, the Cinema focuses on the screen picture, cinematography, and quality sound and entertainment value. It gives a bigger perspective of the picture which helps the story. The need for Cinema Complexes in the society with fast growing movie industries cannot be over-emphasized . They do not only serve as entertainment areas but also as a means of checking piracy in corrupt regions/countries as well as provide employment for a reasonable number of people. Happily the culture is beginning to reappear in the country, nevertheless, this very vital infrastructure is lacking in most part of Nigeria, and more importantly, in Enugu where a good number of movie-loving Nigerians live. The aim of this dissertation, therefore, is to provide a Model Cinema Complex in Enugu, integrating cinema into the life of the people, bearing in mind what the existing way of life is.
