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New Netflix thriller tackling theme of justice in Nigeria is a global hit and a boon for Nollywood
theGrio via AOL· 8 months ago“The Black Book” is the latest hit out of Nollywood, the world’s second-largest film industry based...
One of the world’s largest festivals of Black culture is devoting a day to Nollywood for the first...
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Essence Festival has been celebrating African American culture in the United States for more...
How Obi Emelonye’s ‘Black Mail’ Became the Biggest Ever U.K. Release for a Black British Indie Film
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNigeria has become one of the latest major battlegrounds in the streaming wars. Both Netflix and...
Nollywood suffers a string of deaths, including one in the United States
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSaint Obi is among several Nollywood actors who recently died. (Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP via Getty...
‘Gangs of Lagos’ Director Jáde Osiberu on Making Nigeria’s First Gangster Epic
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGangs of Lagos is not your father’s Nollywood. Jáde Osiberu’s gritty crime-thriller, which bowed on...
Nigeria Becomes The First Country To Officially Ban The Use Of White Models In Advertising
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRepresentation matters and Nigeria is standing on it. Over the years, the faces and voices seen and...
Sao Paulo Industry Driver Spcine Builds Ties With Africa
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWith the exception of Nigeria’s Nollywood, which produces an average of 2,500 films a year, Africa’s...
The Nigerian Hit Movie That Broke Netflix
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThis was the year Nollywood made Netflix history. The Black Book, a revenge thriller from first-time director Editi Effiong became the first-ever...
Genre-Bending Nigerian Thriller ‘The Weekend’ Drops First-Look Clip Ahead of Tribeca Premiere...
Variety via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe family that slays together stays together in Nigerian director Daniel Oriahi’s “The Weekend,” a...
Nigeria’s LaVida Studios Gets $50 Million Investment, Sets Production Slate With Dentsu’s Story Lab...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNigeria’s LaVida Studios has secured $50 million production investment and inked a 10-project slate...