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