Speaking on why she’s using another Igbo film to relaunch her career, Merit said, “It is the love I have for my language and culture that drives me because there is nobody without a culture. Besides, I read sometime ago where UNESCO said that Igbo language will soon go into extinction and I find it very scary. How can my language disappear from the face of the earth?
So, I have to contribute my own quota even if it means I have to shoot Igbo films. Somebody actually called me and asked why I am shooting another Igbo movie again; that people are saying that I left the movie industry because I cannot speak English, and that I am not educated enough. I said, well, if that is what people are saying, I don’t mind.
But I know that I have a Masters Degree. After I left UNIPORT, I studied Environmental Education; I did my masters in Administration and Planning. So, I don’t know why they are saying that I act Igbo films because I cannot speak English. That is not true anyway; it is just because I love anything Igbo, and anytime they call me for something like that, I am willing to go and do it.
The film is so wonderful; the producer gave me the script and I read it. He later asked me what I thought about it; and I told him that the script is wonderful and I would like to work with him.” Starring the likes of Chioma Chukwuka, Ella, Toni Fredrick Okoli, among other actors, “ “Primitive”is produced by the duo of Iyke Odife and Emmanuel Odife. Look out for the full interview next week.