One of the United Nations’ millennium development goals is the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment. To achieve this goal, organizations around the world are using various tools to inform, educate and sensitize people on its benefits. One such tool is film. Film is a very powerful cultural tool as people can learn values and norms from it. The Nigerian film industry is one of the largest in the world and has become more than just an entertainment tool. Its audiences are informed, educated, sensitized and sometimes persuaded on Nigerian issues. One could argue that Nigerian movies that use Nigerian cultural values and norms to address an issue would be accepted as more authentic and representative than one that incorporates foreign values and norms.
