By OREOFE WILLIAMS PhD
It was 2008…
We had just released our third film AWO JESU into the market. The first problem was the title. How can my ‘Jesu’ have ‘Awo’? 😂
I was called names. I remember one ‘Christian Actor’ texting someone to warn me. I will never forget the text: ‘Warn that Anti-Christ’, the boy who did that film AWO JESU, to stop circulating it or else…
This rejection was not as tough as the one I suffered from the fold I was initially determined to belong to. One young Evangelist came to my house one day and told me he was sent to warn me. ‘You mustn’t cast these people in the next film, otherwise that would be your end. In two years from now you won’t be able to do any film again’.
At a time, when I entered the forest to start a Film Village, another ‘born-again’ actor claimed he saw a revelation about me that ‘that place won’t work. He would soon quit’. Now, God is making same place to blossom day by day.
I can’t forget GOD OF ELIJAH and GOD BEHIND BARS by REDEMPTION TV. I played the lead role. Some ‘born-again’ actors were again angry that a company owned by RCCG allowed OREOFE WILLIAMS, TUBOSUN ODUNSIN, FUNSHO ADEOLU to feature in their films. Again few years ago, a prayer mountain had asked me to shoot a film for them but our people were there again to disparage my name.
What has kept me over the years has been my ability to ignore rejections.
Just two weeks ago, one of my most powerful critics and young Gospel actor called me to ask for the names of some ‘secular actors’ to feature in his films. He wanted me in too $(after apologizing) but I told him It’s a busy schedule for me.
Are you being rejected or condemned because you carry a VISION quite difficult to understand. The truth is those who reject you are not your enemies. People operate from the level of their knowledge.
Today we are still filming.Today one of my PhDs is in Film Studies & Media Communications.Today, some of those who hated us now use those actors.
Stand up right now! Run your VISION! You won’t give account to man but to God.
Never ever lose your purpose because it’s too complex for some people to understand.
MY OPINION