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and African Filmmaking
Nollywood: Wikipedia Entry
Nigeria has a US$250 million movie industry, churning out some 200 home videos every month to become the third-largest in the world after the United States and India. In just 13 years, however, Nollywood has grown from nothing into an industry that employs thousands of people.
Guardian UK article
Nigeria now has the world's third largest film industry after Hollywood and Bollywood. Most of the movies are dirt cheap, straight-to-video voodoo horror flicks - but millions of fans can't get enough of them. Jeevan Vasagar reports from Lagos.
Nollywood Foundation
The Nollywood Foundation, Inc. (NF) aims to bring Nigerian films and culture to an international audience, to serve as a forum for new ideas and contexts, and to encourage Nigerian cultural development projects in film and new media.