Netflix Buys Nollywood Movie Lion Heart

Netflix, one of the world’s largest streaming services has announced that it will acquire the exclusive worldwide rights to the Genevieve Nnaji produced movie, Lion Heart. Lion Heart will premiere at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival.

While Netflix already screens many African movies, this is the first original Nollywood film to be bought by the American movie streaming platform. The movie is Genevieve’s directional debut, and features, Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie and Onyeka Onwenu. There are unconfirmed reports that Netflix plans to spend about $8 billion on original content in markets like Africa.

About Lion Heart: Running a company can be challenging, especially if you are a female in a male-dominated industry. Looking to prove her worth, Adaeze steps up to the challenge when her father, Chief Ernest Obiagu is forced to take a step back due to health issues. Ironically, he appoints his crude and eccentric brother, Godswill, instead to run the company with his young daughter. Complications arise when they discover that the family business is in dire financial straits and both Adaeze and Godswill try to save the company in their own way to crazy and often hilarious results.