Hollywood, Bollywood and now Nollywood

The Stream looks at Nigeria’s booming film industry.


The world's third largest film industry resides in Nigeria, churning out approximately forty to fifty low budget movies per week.

Nollywood, as it's known, has become the country's second largest employer in its twenty-year existence.

It has also led to rampant piracy, with nearly half of all film profits stolen. Do the pros of Nollywood outweigh the cons?

In this episode of The Stream, we speak to Aimee Corrigan, filmmaker and Nollywood Workshops Co-Founder; Actress and Producer Stephanie Okereke, and Filmmaker and Actor Kunle Afolayan.

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Before, Nollywood films (films that come from Nigeria) swept the competition. While two Nigerian films, "Last Flight to Abuja" (the story of a tragic plane crash that happened in 2006) and "Confusion Na Wa," have been nominated in the Best Film Category, they are also facing steep competition in the form of entries from other countries including South Africa (the nation that has proved to be Nigeria's staunchest rival and the country behind Elelwani), Kenya, Cameroon and Ghana.

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The ninth edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Nigeria’s premium reward platform in film and cinema, took place yesterday at Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

The awards, of which winners are determined by a jury has an edge over other reward systems in Africa, because of the diversity in the panel, with members comprising seasoned film journalists, veterans in cinematography, experts in acting and production from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Nigeria.
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