Wednesday, October 29, 2008

What Wikipidia ha to say about Nigerian Movies

The cinema of Nigeria is an underdeveloped but nascent film industry. Although Nigerian films have been produced since the 1960s, the rise of digital cinema has resulted in a growing video film industry. The Nigerian video feature film industry is sometimes colloquially known as Nollywood. The term is of uncertain date and origin, but is derived from Hollywood in the same manner as Bollywood. According to Hala Gorani and Jeff Koinange formerly of CNN, Nigeria has a US$250 million movie industry, churning out some 200 home videos every month to become the third-largest in the world after the United States and India.[1][2] In just 13 years, however, Nollywood has grown from nothing into an industry that employs thousands of people.

Learn More... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria

Monday, July 28, 2008

Nigerian Movies

All the Nigerian movies that are aired on Mnet Africa can be found in various shops in most African countries and are so in demand that even the street hawkers at the bus ranks are cashing in. The names of the movies are not only appealing but catchy too, names like, the Corridors of Power, Father and Son [and] Sharon Stone...