African films, alhamdulilay!! part deux

"This Is Nollywood tells the story of the Nigerian film industry—a revolution enabling Africans with few resources to tell African stories to African audiences. Despite all odds, Nigerian directors produce between 500 and 1,000 movies a year. The disks sell wildly all over the continent—Nollywood actors have become stars from Ghana to Zambia."

With a digital camera, two lights, and $20,000, Bond Emeruwa set out to document the Nigerian film industry in just 9 days. Digitalization of the industry has made it infinitely more accessible to aspiring African directors. African storytelling in new clothes.

trailer @ http://www.thisisnollywood.com/trailer.htm

This is Nollywood premieres in you guessed it Boston! Presented by the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University, Thursday, Sept. 13 at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge. All proceeds benefit Nollywood Workshops, an initiative dedicated to providing training for filmmakers in Nigeria. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html