The Filmmaker’s Special

Lydia Lawrence-Nze has always understood the weight of a story. Raised in Enugu and later drawn to the restless energy of Lagos, she built her career deliberately, one performance at a time, earning her place through discipline, conviction, and an instinct for narratives that matter. But there comes a moment in every creative life when inhabiting someone else’s frame is no longer enough. For Lydia, that realisation arrived with clarity.

With the launch of Only Good Films and its debut feature, For Better or Worse, she steps into full ownership; not only starring in the project but producing it. The film confronts a subject Nigerian cinema often simplifies or sidelines: infertility, the quiet fractures within marriage, and the private wars many women fight behind closed doors.

In this candid conversation, Lawrence-Nze reflects on the courage it takes to build something from the ground up, the responsibility of telling stories that linger long after the credits roll, and why living your truth is not merely brave — it is necessary.