30 Nov 2006

Africa Movies (NollyWood)

nollywood movies

Nollywood

The Nigeria film industry known as "nollywood"has been growing for many years and now has been compared to the likes of Hollywood and Bollywood. The name Nollywood has uncertain origins ,but it seems to have been derived from Hollywood.The history of the film industry in Nigeria started in the 1970s with pioneer filmmakers such as Ola Balogun and Hubert Ogunde whom tried to produce motion features, but the industry really came into the limelight in 1992 with the movie called "Living in bondage" in local scene and on the international scene the movie "Osufia in London" in 2003.Movies in Nigeria are shot at different location around the country with distinct difference because of the different languages in the region. The Industry has come along way from make movies in the past with traditional video ,now movies are made by Digital Video Technology. Furthermore the industry has amassed over 250million Dollar in the past Decade and continuous to grow, with the average film costing a maximum of $10,000 and the average production of 1000 movies per month the skies are their limit for the movie industry in Nigeria.

I personally have been a fan since 1998 when i watched the movie "Domitilla" and i have continued to have interest in the movie industry,here are a few movies that i would recommend to watch.

Son of Devil
    Domitilla
    Osufia in London
    Joshua
    Akin and Pawpaw

Here are a few Nollywood Stars

  1. Regina Askia
  2. Liz Benson
  3. Richard Mofe Damijo
  4. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
  5. Desmond Elliot
  6. Jim Iyke
  7. Jide Kosoko
  8. Genevieve Nnaji
  9. Ramsey Tokunbo Nouah Jr
  10. Zack Orji
  11. Nkem Owoh
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