NOLLYWOOD BABYLON - TRAILER

http://www.nfb.ca/nollywood-babylon (website coming soon)

A compelling look at the third largest movie industry in the world - in the heart of Africa.

Nollywood Babylon is a feature documentary about the explosive popularity of Nigeria's movie industry.

The film drops viewers into the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market. Here, among the bustling stalls, films are sold and unlikely stars are born.

Unfazed by low budgets, enterprising filmmakers create a brash, inventive and wildly popular form of B-Movie that has Nigerians Nollywood-obsessed. In these films, voodoo and magic infuse urban stories, reflecting the collision of traditional mysticism and modern culture that Nigerians experience every day.

Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, present an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Documentary
• Africa
• Nigeria's
• movie
• industry
• Nollywood
• Lagos'
• Idumota
• market
• B-Movies
• voodoo
• Ben
• Addelman
• Samir
• Mallal
• Nigerian
• cinema

[Nighttrap38]

"I am a Witch!"

(cute little dog head comes out)

LOL

[LadyLibraNMore]

01:59

"Nollywood has become...the answer to CNN..."

And an answer to the rest of the negative hype misrepresenting Africa and Africans.  Nollywood, keep going!!!

[hippotoast]

@LadyLibraNMore Hype? So you're saying that Africa isn't an AIDS infested, war torn disaster of a continent?

[langlanggalang]

Not all Nigerians practice voodoo.. what a load of B.S.. I'm Nigerian and i don't practice voodoo neither does my mum,dad neither do we know any other Nigerians that do. I watched nollywood Babylon & that director & what he said is just terrible.. he's produced over 157 films in 12 years which means you are producing garbage & this is not what we need! we need great film makers,writers,sound & camera crew & great actors. Your films sir are just not cutting it, they reflect badly on us.

[andremp03]

Praying on a video camera?! loooool

[mrcuteblackie]

Born again in Africa is now a useless trademark. People have made a lot of money out of that name, but believe me Satan is deceiving us that we are born again. God alone knows who is born-again.

[drfreemason]

Beautiful!! Boycott Hollywood and Bollywood they are pushing the agenda towards Evil Doing!

[shadayafreeman]

1:04 Nice fro and nice ass!

[Flamels1]

I saw this one at cinema. It was sooo good that i am going to watch it at moovi.co.cc again :) Great movie! And by the way, i was watching movies before on mentioned site, it is really good...