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God and Nollywood: how Pentecostal churches have shaped Nigerian film

In Nigeria today, one doesn’t have to attend a church service to hear a sermon. The pulpit has moved – onto screens, into living rooms, and across YouTube. Along with this shift, a fascinating genre ...
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Nollywood producers get digital boost as YouTube hosts TV/film workshop in Lagos

Nigerian TV and film producers gathered in Lagos last Friday , for YouTube’s first-ever TV/Film Day, a one-day workshop designed to equip the country’s top storytellers with new strategies for ...
Variety

Screen Nigeria Sets Ambitious Blueprint as Nollywood Makes History in Cannes: ‘This Is a Coming of Age’ for Prolific Industry

Is Nollywood having its Cannes coming-out party? Ranking among the world’s most prolific film industries for years, Nigeria’s scrappy, homegrown biz is breaking out at this year’s festival, with the ...
The Nation Newspaper

Nollywood meets Hollywood at Monday film premiere in California

It was a night of glitz and cultural pride in Los Angeles as Nollywood and Hollywood stars converged on the iconic TCL Chinese Theater for the premiere of Monday, an African-inspired short film by ...