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Osuofia in London
Osuofia (Nkem Owoh), a bamboozled villager from Nigeria, travels to London, England to receive his share of an inheritance left for him by a deceased relative.
Osuofia in London 2
Osuofia return to his Nigerian village with a new British wife, the scheming fiancee of his dead brother.
Something Out of Nothing
From traditional voodoo stories, via realistic tales with urban themes, to ground-breaking genre films: Nigerian cinema has a wide range indeed. Join the ride as Nigerian filmmaker Abba Makama sets out to explain the Lagos-based film industry we know as Nollywood – an industry that produces up to 50 films per week, often with a budget of less than 10 000 dollars.
Welcome to Nollywood
The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, has exploded in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all of west Africa--even more popular than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood films--the Nigerian film industry has distinguished itself by shooting all films (called video films) on digital video. This has allowed production schedules to be compressed (films are shot in several days) and immediately brought to market (distribution consists of bringing films to Idumota electronics market in Lagos and selling them for home viewing). The sheer volume of Nigerian video films is staggering: one estimate has a film being produced for each day of the year. Nollywood is now the third-largest film industry in the world, generating US$286 million a year for the Nigerian economy. And yet this vibrant, profitable industry is virtually unknown outside of Africa.
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