Posts Tagged ‘Nollywood’
Mention 419' and anyone who has been an internet user long enough will unfortunately think Nigeria'. Well, it would be unfair to typecast an entire nation in bad light because of the indiscretions of a few individuals. Every country has its criminal elements. Thankfully, it is not all gloom and doom from Nigeria due to ...
Around the height of Hollywood when we saw some of the greatest masterpieces in motion picture history were being produced, African filmmakers were not allowed to make films. The era which lasted from the end of the silent movies era in the late 1920's to the late 1950's had not a single film produced by ...
The very first black movies were mostly race films, produced in the beginning parts of the twentieth century. These films were made up of mainly black cast and were produced with the black audience in mind; with the objective being to create a more accurate portrayal of black people than that seen in early white ...
The movie industry globally is a multi-billion dollar industry. The flagship of this industry, Hollywood, has been a source of some of the greatest masterpieces of all time. They also have some of the oldest production companies there, with some spanning more than 75 years in the business. Other markets have been producing good movies ...