Welcome to Nollywood
NEW DOCS Thematic Africa Stories Curated by Nancy Buirski
Nigeria is the third largest producer of feature films, after the US and India. Movies are made on the cheap—first quickly shot on tape, then, this wealth of Afro-centric stories goes straight to video. Africans prefer their home grown cinema to Hollywood, and the films sell furiously at bazaars all over the continent, as a few imaginative entrepreneurs reshape the business of “making a movie.” LB
Director
Jamie Meltzer
Producer
Cayce Lindner
Executive Producer
Henry S. Rosenthal
Release Year
2006
Festival Year
2007
Country
United States, Nigeria
Run Time
56 minutes
Premiere
World Premiere