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Obliging potential viewers to watch Agbor Steve's Great Obligation might not be an overzealous or regrettable move, if ever that be the case. This is because the movie's makers are convinced it is a professionally crafted piece of work, good for savouring. Great Obligation is still undergoing post-production but reports say it will be another block buster coming from Chrono Entertainment whose two previous productions, Phoenix Scar (2008) and Clash of Inheritance (2009) hit headlines.

At one of Lagos' most performant studios, editing of the Cameroonian movie, shot on locations in Buea and Mamfe is currently progressing in the presence of producer Agbor Steve. Before leaving Cameroon a couple of days ago for the Nigerian capital, Big Steve, as the young film producer is fondly called said Great Obligation will be launched by November 2010 in Limbe and Mamfe and Bamenda before the Yaounde premiere scheduled for December 2010.

According to the director of the film, Neba Lawrence, Great Obligation was a more challenging job than Clash of Inheritance which he directed two years ago. ''The story is more complicated and required quite a lot of technical know-how," he told me in Yaounde recently, upon return from Mamfe. "It was however an exciting experience and I enjoyed doing Great Obligation," he added.

Great Obligation is a glamorous epic movie that seeks to warn Africans who despise home and stay away for all their lives just to realize that they cannot be buried in a strange land. It was for nine days, featuring Quinta, Moma Pascal, Tanyisong Candylaurice, Janvier Ngassa, Aaron Nkongho, Eyo Eyo Michael, Tabe Edward (Commandant), Epule Jeffery and others.