Mount Zion Faith Ministries is a Christian
film production company based in
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...
, Nigeria, which casts, produces and distributes
Christian films
The Christian film industry is an aspect of Christian media for films containing a Christian-themed message or moral. They are often interdenominational films, but can also be films targeting a specific denomination of Christianity.
Criteria
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and
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
s. It was founded on 5 August 1985 by the Christian writers and actors
Mike Bamiloye and
Gloria Bamiloye
Gloria Olusola Bamiloye is a Nigerian dramatist, film actress, producer and director. She is a co-founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry.
Early life
She was born on the 4th of February, 1964 in Ilesa, a city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeri ...
,
and comprises Christians from several countries who work in to promote Christian teaching through motion pictures.
On July 11, 1986, the ministry staged its first play in St. Margaret Girl's school,
Ilesha
Ilesa () is an ancient town located in the Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred on that village. The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ij ...
. In 1987, Mike Bamiloye resigned so he could concentrate on Mount Zion Faith Ministries.
The first film produced by Mount Zion Faith Ministries was "The Unprofitable Servant" in 1990.
Since then it has produced more than 200 films, including ''Ide Esu'', ''The Beginning of The End'', ''Perilous Times'', ''Abattoir'', ''House on Fire'', ''One Careless Night'', and ''Agbara Nla''.
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Film production companies of Nigeria
Nigerian companies established in 1985
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