http://allafrica.com/stories/201210270234.html
The Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) made a presence as it built its events around Kelani's work. According to Ms. Patricia Bala Acting DG of the NFVBC, it is a novelty to sponsor and create a platform for a Nigerian film to be screened abroad as a show of support. "The organisers were excited to receive us and were more excited that Kelani's film was being screened and he was sponsored by the NFVCB to the event.
Yoruba comic actor, Adekola Tijani otherwise known as Golugo
The near scandal free life popular Yoruba comic actor, Adekola Tijani otherwise known as Golugo has maintained for some time now may have now been dented as gist exclusively reaching Nollywood.codewit.com from a bird in the know indicates so.
http://nollywood.codewit.com/
Hooray Nollywood - Nigeria JOURNEYMAN DOCUMENTARIES
http://youtu.be/xWzAZ6E2sFw
August 2005
It's the world's third largest film industry churning out more than 500 movies a year. What's the secret behind the Nigerian film industry's success?
Nollywood - Nigeria JOURNEYMAN DOCUMENTARIES
http://youtu.be/Zo9fv8L7aRA
First there was Hollywood, then Bollywood, now the Nigerians are making their name in the film industry. Producing 2000 films a year, Nigerias burgeoning film industry is making waves across the world.
We have to work real fast. We work on a very, very tight budget, says Moses, one of Nollywoods biggest directors. He has thrived in an industry where entire feature films are written, filmed, and on the screen in less than a month. We in Nigeria, we have strength. We have the energy to make it happen, says cameraman Austin, hanging precariously out of the window of a car to get a travelling shot. With no budget for special effects or sets, its the actors that take precedence: I love the fact that I can project our image, our way of life, and our culture, says one of Nigerias biggest stars. According to one of its foremost directors, Nollywoods home-grown stories connect to people in a way that American blockbusters can't: Nollywood is nothing more than therapy.
Produced by SBS, distributed by Journeyman Pictures
"We have the talent, we have good directors, good artists. The whole world is embracing our film," explains one producer. But Nollywood's booming DVD industry is based to a large extent on the city's crime wave. Rather than face the mean streets of Lagos, people prefer to watch Nollywood DVDs in the safety of their own homes
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
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