It’s a story a lot of Nigerians, especially Lagosians, can connect with. The movie Surulere is set in Lagos and focuses on Seun Ajayi’s character – Arinze’s life as an insignificant graduate trainee in a fictional agency, a serial debtor and a desperate young man eager to get ahead. Your recently released a new movie, Surulere, what’s the movie all about? In this interview with CHUKS NWANNE, the award-winning actor spoke on her new project, being a producer and life as an entrepreneur. Following the huge success of the movie, which won several awards at the AMAAs and AMVCA, Rita and her partner embarked on their second feature film Sururlere, which was recently released in the cinemas across the country. Having made name in the industry, Rita in the year 2011, made a bold step when she teamed up with her longtime manager Mildred Okwo to set up a production outfit, Audrey Silva Company, with The Meeting as their first attempt. From there onwards, it has been a success story all the way. Though she started performing as a child, appearing in school plays and children’s television shows in her home state, the screen diva came to limelight in 1998 when she starred in her first movie, A Time to Kill. Rita had her secondary education at the Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, before she headed for the University of Port Harcourt, where she graduated with a BA (Honours) Degree in Theatre Arts in 1999. Born Rita Uchenna Nkem Dominic Waturuocha to medical practitioner couple from Mbaise in Imo State, Rita Dominic is a household name in Nollywood, having featured in over 100 movies.
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