Comments on: West African Video Boomtown! Welcome To Nollywood.

By: Jude

Jude — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:48:40 +0000

I believe Nollywood film industry is actually helping the African film industry. It helps Nigerian writers and directors tell our own stories from our own point of view and not Hollywood’s point of view. The quality is also getting better and will soon catch up to international standards. Take this new Nollywood film “Anchor Baby” for instance. It was written and directed by a Nigerian director Lonzo Nzekwe and the lead actress is also a Nigeria actress Omoni Oboli. The picture quality is on the same standard as most films shot in Hollywood. Here’s a link to their trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yx_kiBOZDA

By: RME

RME — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:30:30 +0000

This is just hilarious. But there are a couple of wonderful ones out. As mentioned above
White waters is great
Cindy’s Note
Guilty Pleasures
Figurine Araromire
Ije the journey.

You should definitely check out the trailer of figurine. Its actually not on dvd yet cuz its playing on cinema. But I have seen it during its premier and its far from the mass rubbish been produced. Picture/story/ acting, wonderful

@Femi, I am a Nigerian and a film maker based in scotland. A far as I am concerned, Bryan has not said anything false. He only analysed the documentary welcome to Nollywood which was very accurate in its depiction of Nollywood movies. Yes, you make a good point abt film getting better in ohter countries like Bollywood cinema but naija in general (not just nollywood) still has a long way to go.its issues run very deep.

By: femi BEAG

femi BEAG — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:48:28 +0000

well your aticles is indeed speaking your mind concerning nollywood ,well as a practitioner in nollywood .i am seizing this opportunity to say a very big thank you to you for spending such a huge amount of time to research your stories about nollywood even if half of it is actually fabricated and also the amountg of time and brain storming for these story to make this page.but sir i will only like to draw your attention to the fact that not even hollywood started fron where it is today the only constant in life they say is change.so we need people like you arround who will not do any reasonable thing to better their livges but to alway accusing finger at some who dare to try play in a new environment.the INDIA MOVIE ARE FAR better than the american films today because thyey as a people have decided to improve on their craft but the american still asume the we are the boss…hello guys wake up it is the 21st century every one is trying new grands and nollywood is not an exception.today we are not the best but there is room for improvement….NOTE..THERE ARE SOME FILMMAKERS IN NIGERIA THAT CAN STAND ANYFILMMAKER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER THOUGH FEW BUT THERE ARE …..

By: Teecup

Teecup — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:33:31 +0000

Nollywood movies you might enjoy:

White Waters (This one is inspiring)
Sitanda
Cindy’s notes
Laviva.

Enjoy.

By: andy

andy — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:16:29 +0000

there’s a free nollywood channel on britsh sky tv. they show about 40 movies a day. i think that’s as fast as they make them.

By: When Nollywood Attacks | lurple.com

When Nollywood Attacks | lurple.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:30:26 +0000

[...] for a little while now. If you’re not familiar with Nollywood and want to know more check out Bryan’s latest article on the subject. It’s apparently not uncommon for teams in Nollywood to put out a movie in a couple [...]

By: Lurple

Lurple — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:07 +0000

I also watched several of the trailers last night. Holy shit. Golden Axe has special effects that look like they were generated with something slightly better than MS Paint.

I’m not sure I’d survive an entire movie; I didn’t realize Charles E. Cullen had an entire industry of competition for making the worst movie ever! You sure can’t say they lack enthusiasm, though, and I’d still like to see an example of one of their better movies.

By: Tim Fife

Tim Fife — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:52:23 +0000

I watched about 20 trailers with John Fanning last night of these Nollywood movies. The trailers are great, but those movies look fucking awful, worse than anything from Turkey. I liked how some movies were 2 movies in one (ex: Snake Woman 1& 2), and the romance movies look great (ex: Emotional Crack). They also have a huge fixation on Christianity it seems, as there are many movies that deal with the devil and possession. And the sound sounds like they put a microphone right up to a turned up boom box.
What’s next? Movies from Sierra Leone?

By: Lurple

Lurple — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:54:36 +0000

Thanks John, I will check those out.

By: John Fanning

John Fanning — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:19:41 +0000

oh yeah, forgot also about Izogn, where you can check out movies too, though I haven’t plunged into it just yet, it could be worth it: http://www.izognmovies.com/