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lagos nigeria home of africa's biggest film industry. in terms of production output it's considered the 2nd largest in the world after india bought ahead of hollywood. a new york times article published in 2002 coins the industry's popular name. nollywood became popular through a certain type of film shot with digital cameras telling stories based on the dreams and fears of nigerian society distributed in bulk on street markets. over 4 to those over 60 movies scum out in the markets today a new nollywood is emerging it generates an annual turnover of over $500000000.00 u.s. dollars and produces the superstars of the african continent doubled from hero figures

a little over thank you. with glitz and glamour the industry outshines its humble origins in an ordinary electronics market we started this business we outsourced them in this business to date in the market and the change in the. long street vendors continue to lay claim to nollywood a new breed of investor has entered the business. for the past we were earning around $30000.00 a month that was totally ok and then this american comes along and says your business is worth $9000000.00 make something of it it's an industry on steroids and make up that type. of thing with entertainment and hewn which is and. what is what it was a jungle america was it was a dome which i know because they don't know when india will be coming up and maybe it's becoming you know this in methods to the madness our girl go out there to

compete on the wall street that's when all the wood is going. the industry was born here in lagos. the african metropolis has a population of over 14000000. it's a city that promises much but demands even more.

lagos sprawls over a series of islands all connected to the mainland by a network of concrete bridges. urban development can't keep up with its exploding population. all over the only thing to thank god for. around 2 thirds of lagos ians live in slum areas like here in the cocoa a community built on stilts between lagos island and the mainland. the economy depends on trade through lagos is industrial homes.

crude oil is nigeria's economic lifeblood it accounts for much of its federal revenues. deny jungle and. they have been telling us right from wendy to go the entertainment is in this toy money for the country they want to focus on it in because they know that they can rely heavily on oil revenue and in this revenue that they can where they can get money for me from the entertainment industry fulfill. culture journalist who sign it has been reporting on nollywood for over 20 years he's particularly interested in the generation that started the business you need to know your past to know where you're headed in the future you need to know those realty foundation what were their visions what with the trying to prove what we're doing things that they wanted to achieve you know with the industry. a film released in 1992 marks the birth of nollywood. living in bondage was

a significant drop in the whole mix of films that were made at that time. it tells the story of andy an unemployed man whose debts drive him to despair. he meets an old friend who introduces him to a world of luxury. and his desire to join the club of the rich and beautiful draws him into an occult brotherhood. in. the price of membership is high. and he is confronted with

a moral issue. in the end he chooses the money over his wife. shortly after her death and the now rich marries another woman. despite the material comfort and his life takes a turn for the last. man . his wife's ghost returns to haunt and terrorize him and he eventually goes insane. the only source of

hope left for andy is jesus christ. living in bondage to find one of the most important nollywood chartreuse the get rich quick film it's narrative structure has a strong message of christian faith which remains a standard elements of nigerian films today. oh. 0000000000000000 yeah. oh yeah. the movie about andy's rise and fall became a commercial hit sold as a v.h.s. tape in street markets. today the hub of this distribution system is located in an electronics market in the western part of lagos. these 2 men belong to a task force of the market traders association a kind of substitute police force that patrols the vast labyrinth of

a larger market. nollywood occupies its own section of the market so the. production and distribution of the films are managed 5 or so. people in the mafia traders also nollywood movie producers. the associations chamonix samuel and mecca do it otherwise known as magnetically most of the production will get on this market going to 90 percent of the contents are not made up in other words. that mean to imply down to a lot more so for us you're not about we started this business we outsourced i mean business to you would be to this guy using the news a lot out of. he's gone too much money sex anyway and this one england was shot mind on that led to

a reflection of his own assets the movie small mouth and the markets just like he did the business is the lives of movies yes i do want to lose just. many long long breath you know more than are given it seems like it's all down to our bread with our own 500 items were news every yeah yeah. that. is the most important but not the only market for self produced films in nigeria the total number of films produced in nigeria is a loss higher. so we've been through boards up in all of bodies to go for the scores and that is why are you stopping this once you send it out of state was. quite some time this was the only method of distribution.

changed in 2010 when 2 men with a bold business idea arrived in lagos. one of them was german investor boston gotten. it since a man. this man out of the market the 1st time i was in the market there weren't many white people there everyone looked at you as if to say what are you doing here . since i went up to one of the nollywood guys selling video c.d.'s it was a small market booth everyone was hot and sweating. his english wasn't easy for me to understand and. i wanted to buy the rights for some of his films but i didn't know if he really owned the rights she really is it was hard for me to figure out what was going on i hadn't spent much time in nigeria it was still unfamiliar to me and i trust this guy or not i didn't have such a clear feeling but i thought no fun. the initiative behind the venture came from a friend of daughters jason

a british citizen with nigerian roots who had the idea to distribute nollywood films through you tube got to raise the initial capital on the london stock exchange after completing a degree in economics he worked as a derivatives trader for the oil company british petroleum and sandwich to houston and one things finally got going and we bought our 1st 100 films they were really cheap because people weren't so internet savvy at the time. we acquired $100.00 films for $10000.00 and put them online and we made $2000.00 a day. we thought wow. we're going to make a lot of dough in just 5 days we recovered our investment and thought let's buy more. when i was still working on the trading floor so i asked a few of my buddies there if they were interested in getting into the film business in nigeria. they said sure we're in. the not that we need to gather another

$200000.00 and went on a serious shopping spree. so the movie is a business initially he was surprised by the popularity. a sharp contrast to the producers. who know exactly why their films are so successful. is the producer of a popular film about sheena rambo is the most successful film in the history of. yes in the history of the making in the jury in the market this is the most successful film. the movie is based on the legend of a criminal sent to have carried out a series of spectacular robberies in the 1990 s. his name pays homage to the hollywood action classic starring sylvester stallone.

is a member of the. western part of this country honey does this mean pretty because of the. african magic schon believe in that but it's written to his buddy. in the film supernatural powers come from a magical snake. nollywood films often make use of the treasure of west african oral tradition. sound and moving images give new life to well known narratives and make them magic appear. for you to make money you must think of commercial movies but just think of good

movies alone. all fake love is something that one we hear go go. as well by them. if he has on the movies here and now one is involved he must want to see that 1st. came to. christianity is also a strong source of inspiration for michael at least he often develops ideas based on compelling stories from the old testament 5 take for protection it does a giant here and there's a small divide here on earth and i was told ok everybody would love the did was a put i'm going to the i'm going to use the john so well you just make david to just go to giant. and kim is not most or you love the gent.

but with a. good one my goodness what is. good is what this is film people watch that we have that block the view abuse. so sometimes i'll be at the back and see people doing this in my field i think yes i got it. on occasionally so also appears as an actor in his own films. the sheena rambo series has released 18 video c.d.'s and many of them have sold over a 1000000 copies all across africa. the producer has the means to achieve high audio visual quality but his business sense tells him not to. want to put if you. the quality reduces this is the sin it is the quality you know what

i'm talking about so any fear of this soft sort you cannot be proud my picture is too good so why the absence of suffering where are we are nobody we give attention to we that's good or not you understand so is about with the prince i coalition has tried switching to d.v.d. but each time he fails the problem is the rampant piracy at a labor market we find ourselves in the web of this piracy challenge we now find out that for us added money enough in the screen was deprived disparity between one and the pilots are given pilots more power to sell more because here people care about what is cheap. the nigerian police have just confiscated pirate copies worth over $100000.00 us dollars. in

order to survive in the face of piracy filmmakers need to keep their costs as low as possible. the city of a somber and down to state in the south west of the country provides the ideal infrastructure. a small village on the outskirts of town has served as a backdrop for countless films. well ago. when i found. the largely sleep let's go around it read. more about oh are you out there what. are. in nigeria at this time the film is called an epic movie it is a highly successful genre that enables nollywood to construct its own version of africa's pre-colonial past. the title of the

movies i think some of the song. is actually. an african tell. about that caminiti. you see the bar on by to see you all evil man evil man. you cannot walk this morning because your poem from the song. you wrote on your doctors even just some of this song will stop cd is what you are find out if you ever wish to home prices shot c. several of the actors on science are actually evangelical pastors i'm a pastor when my church knows that they can become months or stop me from octon

because i believe i'm using that octon to preach something to the people also it's . ok that's good i'm good i'm going to go quickly which is why are people this is africa before they come in on the white my we have a life we have we have cultural we have really just what we have what keeps society together i think that's what we have succeeded in exports into the war outside of love mother would. the notion of a purely african world before the arrival of the europeans holds great fascination for nollywood audiences. the costumes on plants are inspired by the producer's imagination more than research but historic an actor says don't take away from the success of these films. mercy johnson is undoubtedly one of knowledge world's biggest superstars we bring africa as a cultural to the stable of millions of storytelling picture.

so you just. want to. bring him. into central language you centrality address centrally. as a people you know that's what nollywood stands for i want to live. director ken stephen has been in the business for many years he stopped counting his films a long time ago. you can start. which. is on average of 2 weeks be a movie so i'm hoping to round up this one then harvey to the arrest i'm stuck on a. yes let's go see rowsley i have to be

frank about it he puts me on by and there's virgil he goes there we feel yeah you like time you're given a period of time to sleep could be jogging and your success depends on. how well you do it would be to give in the particle of freedom of time you were given to deliver that yeah i owe that outright but yeah i'm going to try to put it. all solomon a pet is one of the most influential film producers in a samba. are full of this you on. the other while if you want. he's come to the set to ensure all that shooting bull crap today and what you will do just as the way you don't usually you like the movie a little bit even though

a little bit of that was the model for one that will always fall in love with the face demanded by the big stars take the biggest chunk out of nollywood film budgets if mussina johnson goes a single day overshadow the financial viability of the entire project is jeopardized. lose the raffle them when you are left on your own you are. on your left. thank you 7. right now i mean you know. 'd that over the past 11 days the crew shelter enough footage for a 4 hour film it will be divided into 6 parts and each one will be released as

a separate video cd this production style has made nollywood one of the biggest film industries in the world. unfortunately real improvements in the art of filmmaking are almost impossible but things have started to change as many nigerian filmmakers begin to break new ground. with i got an interest in german expressionism new hollywood. i want that same appreciation. for the nigerian film industry people should be having intellectual discourse about the. album a camera sees film as art is feature length debut green white green from 2016

was screened at festivals around the world and streamed on netflix. agree my green is a coming of age story about 4 friends from the 3 major ethnic groups of nigeria house by evil who go on an adventure to make a film inspired by a managerial history. the script for the film within the film is based on a text by character called professor organ and the thoughts expressed and it reflects my own analysis of the current political situation in nigeria. having seemingly moved on from over 3 decades of merry go round military rule we stand now with the 3rd regime of the 3rd democratic republic we find ourselves still uncertain when will the scourge of boko haram be brought to an end how can we curb the mass corruption crippling our country can we truly eradicate poverty when

will we become an export based economy nigeria was really it was we're all ready to speak so that we can quit importing bloody toothpicks i mean who in. among other things become a criticizes nigeria's heavy reliance on imports something that also applies to sophisticated films. with green white green the young filmmaker has shown that it is possible to turn the tables. we have an idea cinematic movement on the continent you know and that's just what we're good at a real cinematic movement that. will stand the test of time that we make an imprint in global cinema you know. macam has attracted attention he received state funding for his film benefiting from the fact that the

government has identified the industry as a key sector of the economy. in 2008 after realizing the business potential in his native country. left his job but odeon cinemas in the u.k. once home he helped found the company film house which developed 9 multiplex cinema we now want to do a bit of 5 singles or 3 and a half years full headers. you know so. if it's aggressive it's on bishop but it's possible. the new cinema just one component in one part of his grand business scheme. so welcome to film house and it was. ok so we got to the next floor. to see that building there the green building there. that's the house of don't go to the rich or the black man in the world clearly the rich africa so we like this office because something is when the

wind blows from the side yeah blows through him and then touches us if we like that . and here is. feeling one production and distribution. ok this is not just the fastest growing but the biggest thing theatrical film distribution company of nigeria in west africa really was about to pay the executive director of empowered through one iraq war. 3 years ago this fujimoto an indelible box of the size of $1.00 to $10.00 men to be valued and sent be this years ago this is the world and that's where we will see a complete flip between hollywood and bollywood or we'll see a complete flip it will double dare say will 1730 or more and it's the only english english speaking so that i know of the war that the local films are groups to

follow. as movie tickets sales go up and the demand for local productions increases a brand new market for high quality films is evolving. film house film one does not only want to scream these films. but we definitely produce films we have produced albeit as part of a core production the wedding party the biggest film ever in west africa in cinema anyway because for. the wedding party released in 2016 was the 1st nigerian film to more than a 1000000 u.s. dollars at the box office. but even new knowledge words biggest broadcaster only reached a certain section of the population. when you look at the demographics of the place it's really from here to the top from the middle to the top we haven't reached those guys down there and the constituents the huge population this spend

a lot of money but small volumes you know small denominations but huge clover you know so we are looking to go target those guys give them the entertainment they want. paro wants to reach the masses starting in the poorer districts of lagos he envisages cinemas which sound tickets for about $1.00 and screen films produced by his company. is a formula and its work is more from me with brittany more fields are most successful than the next because i work you. can. think of this as the professionalization of nollywood and thus your points like. the majority of my crew down the aisle from the states from japan from the u.k. love all the time too like your. film one brought him back to his home country

don't know what's in television in the u.k. in nigeria he now wants to realize can paris vision discounts for promising scripts writes them to fit commercially successful formulas and in some productions he also said it's an interactive chat the market will continue to grow and that's what we're gong to be known as the tyrants you know it's on steven spielberg's and all those guys of nigeria. ok guys thank you donna guys lights i need you outside now jim where did you become alice plus i'm going to do what you. dream where you were going to do waiting outside. yes thank you i watch.

this nollywood this is the way we do it and. i qualify good stuff guys that do this like this. so if it's. new nollywood has been producing. the film so wildly successful in nigeria. but the movies are not made specifically for the local market they're meant to showcase the nigerian lifestyle and sense of spirit while at the same time telling stories that touch the hearts of

people all around the world but we need to start telling universal stories yes or no you would need somebody down if you have to watch your film and understand your plight somebody in japan somebody in china that's storytelling that's the way we used to go because when i was growing up i wanted to be a japanese i wanted to be an american i wanted to be british is i think everybody toward want to be nigeria and that's where i'm making films. cinema culture which almost died out during a particularly tough period for nigeria's economy in the 1980 s. is experiencing a revival it's creating a promising market for technically sophisticated films but so far new nollywood has relied almost exclusively on rehashing successful formulas and allows little scope for new ideas real creative innovation might as a result 1st emerge in a different medium the internet is an inexpensive global distribution platform

german investor bastion daughter was among the 1st to capitalize on this opportunity. is ours i have for the beer and in the lot of africans outside of nigeria like to watch nollywood films as you would. want to ask them that's how it got started and france put in c.r. for you will erode co is the name of the company that developed out of distributing another market films on you tube culture yoku experienced a sudden turn of fortune when they were contacted by a representative of a venture capital firm named tyco global. their company in the 10 bucks 5 holes in september 2011 the guy arrived in largo's. back then not many people came to largo's to invest. internet business as. i told the guy is sort of small american. he said karma boys show me your office boys

show me off yeah. we said ok let's go to the market office we had our office there. it was a 10 square meter room with 16 employees all crammed into it. and. he said interesting show me your numbers. so we did we were pretty proud of the numbers. we were clearing about $30000.00 profit a month. this is interest of things over and said this is interesting we talked for about 45 minutes and then he said ok i'll give you a term sheet. we didn't even know what a term sheet was ok that's the ask when we found out that it is the 1st step towards a concrete investment the next day he sent the term sheet which valued our company at 9000000. and that was just incredible. as if you've been there we were

making about $30000.00 a month and that was ok but then this american comes along and says your company is worth $9000000.00 make something of it he said here is $9000000.00 take another 3 in cash and suddenly the whole thing is worth $12000000.00 all right great let's do it. one yeah. with that kind of money the partners were able to set up one of 1000 most successful media enterprises today iraq gets most of its income from t.v. channels in various african countries as well as in france and england nevertheless the company is betting its future on online streaming. video on demand platform users can access around 3000 films according to company figures the site reaches 100. 1000 subscribers divided more or less equally between africa the americas and europe. the worldwide audience gets to see

a side of africa fundamentally different from the crisis and disaster written continent shown by western media. hiroko no longer buys its content ready made but has its films produced exclusively for the company at least 3 per week with a budget of around $10000.00 u.s. dollars each. with. daniel emeka already are he is shooting his faith film for iraq on t.v. the director learned his craft at the nigerian film school. he produces most of his movies in collaboration with his wife grace a goof who takes on more than one job on set for production of their next film they have traveled to home village. for my girls

the title of the current production is based on true events it tells the story of a girl from a village played by a german who dreams of a better life in the big city. an alleged friend takes advantage of an experience and lured her into a trap he turns or over to a criminal organization that uses girls for its dirty dealings. the 90 minute feature length film has to be shot in 7 day. new leg the scale of challenges we like to be different so when this creates and knowing that the money was long going to cover we had then we'd at all kill. helpful to the from your call for us to make this work. is almost forward and it's really it's missing multiple. options for the world.

the couple has to come. with a tight budget similar to those of the film crew sent a samba about their approach to film is more sophisticated they take a closer look at the reality of life around. you've. been told over supposed good. news we don't. and we think you're going to. be more than that for. that's what we do with that's it's 1st it's time for you oh. come on that's how we are so i don't think we should be any different in the. calls that old me you know. for most of the 1st half. of the. city i mean this young guy.

just my dumb how do you know what do you. have so that's why we've. got you. on the. air that. was. lou good. night. not. only when he's at that phase where you become mean structure is becoming organized is becoming you know this in methods to the madness. i think for well 1st. let. me understand the storytelling for what it is easy understanding when leonine

audience cultural and all games behavior in a plane that you know we have people going to film school is when you house 100 command any how. to direct the line acts in lending the difference department in filmmaking people are now going to hone your skills and when all of these come back and in the end these are play gets to that place where we have that structure that you know i would have but do we have to look at yes we do and we have people who call him what we produce yes we do and that's all you need for the industry to be bright. 6 you've made it like you can't go back. but you go. out and you walk on. nollywood has been built by people from the heart of nigerian society who know instinctively what moves

audiences in that country why don't. they have created an industry that doesn't care much about rules some laws which is its greatest strength and weakness at the same time you nollywood is counting on professionalism and is driven by the economic interests of international investors a purely capitalist venture and yet the development is opening doors for the next generation of nigerian filmmakers now graduating from film academies it is up to them to take advantage of the new distribution channels create movies with artistic vision and initiate a cinematic movement in africa. for a long time films that shape the world's image of africa were largely made by europeans and americans nollywood constitutes a powerful counterweight to pictures it produces they have to store scenes of their own but as african south portrays they add an essential new dimension to the global

flood of images a vast provide a more authentic view of africa. you know globalized world. where everything is connected. all it takes is a school. to set things in motion. local hero show called their ideas can change the world. 3000. and 30 minutes on d.f.w.

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