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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· 7 months ago“The Black Book” is the latest hit out of Nollywood, the world’s second-largest film industry based...
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· 5 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...
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...
‘Gangs Of Lagos’ Trailer: Prime Video Heads To Nollywood For Very First Original Film Out Of Africa
Shadow and Act via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPrime Video has its very first original film out of Africa coming to the platform this April. Gangs...
‘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...
Afrobeats in 2022: global mobility, election songs, placemaking albums – and Tems
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNigerian star Tems performs at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK in 2022. Jim Dyson/Getty...
Northern Nigeria’s Kannywood film sector says it’s being politically targeted
Semafor via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKannywood filmmakers are struggling to keep producing movies after the censorship board revoked...
Amazon Prime Video Sets 3-Picture Deal With Nollywood Production House Nemsia Films
Variety via AOL· 2 years agoAmazon Prime Video has set an exclusive three-picture feature deal with Nigerian studio Nemsia...