This is Nollywood directed by Franco Sacchi, DVD only, 56 minutes, 2007, Nigeria. Producer: Franco Sacchi and Robert Caputo, Associate Producer: Aimee Corrigan. Distributed by California Newsreel. Popular interest in Nollywood, the southern Nigerian film industry, is fast gaining traction in the West. Not least because the 16 year-old industry is the third largest in [...]
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Film Review: This is Nollywood
Posted in cinema, film, tagged Bond Emeruwa, California Newsreel, film, film reviews, Franco Sacchi, Nigeria, Nollywood, This is Nollywood on December 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Film: No Africans at Cannes. In the backroom, yeh.
Posted in cinema, film, tagged African film, Cannes, cinema on May 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Cannes International Film Festival starts tomorrow (till May 25th). The official program can be viewed here. I may be missing something, but no African film or film with an African theme (including North Africa) made the official cut. African films are shown as part of the “Pavillon les Cinemas du Sud” (Pavilion of Cinema [...]
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