Nigeria made a Tupac movie Brehs.

Still Benefited

Veteran
Bushed
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
40,643
Reputation
8,788
Daps
101,109
90% of nollywood movies are awful....... and dont even get me started on the acting ..... but the dudes are making bank

Ive been toying with financing a parody nollywood movie.....but I dont think the type that buys these movies would "get" it...

What kinda money we talking:lupe:? Ima fukk around and catch a plane to Africa and crossover like Will Smith:youngsabo:
 
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
33,665
Reputation
2,971
Daps
65,210
Reppin
Lagos (Da Jungle)
Paw-Paw-and-Aki.jpg

Aki-n-Paw-paw2.jpg


Yall know those midget actors Aki & Paw Paw (they :eat: good over there.) They are like the Gary Coleman of Nigerian movies. They both 30+ now. First time I seen them I was crying tears. Every time I see that Nigerian Talent Boy crying gif y'all be posting on here I always think of these two :laugh:


26:30 mark, 41:32 mark


There another Nigerian movie based on 50 cent :mjlol:. There's also a getting money/ drug game Nigerian movie out there too:lolbron:
 

Scientific Playa

Superstar
Supporter
Joined
Oct 13, 2013
Messages
13,930
Reputation
3,265
Daps
24,898
Reppin
Championships
circa 2009

African Americans Tune Into Nollywood
Jul 24, 2009

By Roland S. Martin


Harlem resident Tawana Lowe, 54, who has a collection of more than 350 Nollywood movies, says she no longer buys American films.



Nigerian movies saved cancer survivor Tawana Lowe’s life after doctors cut off her tumor-filled left breast.

Bedridden from aggressive radiation treatments in the summer of 2008, the Harlem, NY resident spent her days watching movies like “Hope Alive” about an innocent man who’s jailed for a crime he didn’t commit.

For the former city hospital clerk, who fought to get disability benefits even while battling cancer, the films were an oracle.

“My life is in those movies,” said Lowe of the low budget, independent films shot on location in West Africa and known for vivid storylines that range from the comical to the supernatural. “That’s my therapy session right there,” she said.

In the last 17 years the Nigerian movie industry, known as Nollywood, has exploded, surpassing Hollywood as the world’s second largest film producer.

In 2006, Nollywood churned out 872 movies, compared to 485 major films the U.S. produced, according to a study by UNESCO. Bollywood, the India-based industry that’s currently the world’s top moviemaker produced 1,091 the same period.

With U.S. inspired titles like “Beyonce and Rihanna,” a recent release about two rival singers both vying for a rapper’s affection, Nollywood is steadily courting a new audience these days — African Americans–like Tawana Lowe. And even Black Hollywood’s taking note.

Before his tax troubles, Wesley Snipes visited Abuja and met with filmmakers about collaborating on future film projects. In 2007, Danny Glover was the keynote speaker at the Nollywood Foundation’s annual convention.

Dr. Sylvester Ogbechie, vice-president of the California-based foundation aimed at promoting the Nigerian film industry in the U.S., isn’t surprised by the interest African Americans are showing in Nigerian movies.

“It’s the only film industry in the world that’s entirely controlled by black people,” Ogbechie said of Nollywood which generates around $200 million in revenue per year.

The industry is ripe for deep-pocketed Hollywood investors Ogbechie said, adding it’s only a matter of time before a “Slumdog Millionaire” emerges from Nigeria, referencing the hit that stole this year’s Oscars and squarely put Bollywood on Tinseltown’s radar.

But not everybody’s gung-ho about Nollywood.

Director Spike Lee criticized the industry when asked by a Nigerian reporter how his country’s filmmakers could improve their craft.

“You are from Nigeria, Lagos? Those people are bootlegging my films a lot,” Lee told the reporter at last month’s Cannes International Advertising Film Festival, according to the blog naijarules.com

Lee’s comments not only raise questions about the quality of Nollywood movies shot by amateur filmmakers on shoestring budgets of $15,000-25,000, but also the business practices behind their distribution.

A portion of Nollywood’s revenue can’t even be accounted for due to rife bootlegging that’s almost considered standard practice.

Corrupt business deals including the infamous Nigerian letter and e-mail frauds have helped solidify the country as the scam capital of the world and lend to reasons why Nollywood hasn’t seen an influx of American investment.

“That perception does play a big part in people’s willingness to go open handedly in Nigeria,” agreed Nigerian-born British actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim.

Kae-Kazim, who’s starred in “Hotel Rwanda” and the Fox series “24″, says Black Hollywood isn’t rushing to invest in Nigerian movies because they are still struggling to get their own stories to the big screen and don’t as yet see a “worthwhile investment” in the West African industry .

If and when Black Hollywood invests in Nollywood it will be welcomed by hard core fans like Tawana Lowe.

On a rainy Tuesday, Lowe was on a mission to win converts to Nollywood.

Armed with a shopping list, Lowe visited African Movies Mall. The tiny storefront on W.165th street off of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx boasts being the largest distributor of Nollywood films in the country.

Lowe perused the shelves stacked with Nollywood’s latest offerings including “The Sleepwalker,” “Princess Tyra,” “Emerald,” and “Fantasia Fantasy.” She left loaded down with two shopping bags full of movies.

The films she bought weren’t just to add to the massive collection of more than 350 Nollywood films she has arranged in alphabetical order and color coded on her bedroom bookshelf.

This weekend she will send over a dozen movies by Priority mail to her aunt and uncle in Gainesville, FL, as well as to a friend in Newark, Maryland, whom she’s introduced the films to.

“It’s about spreading the word,” said Lowe committed to preaching the gospel of Nollywood to other African Americans.

“The time is coming, eventually it’s going to cross over, and when it does, it’s going to hit big!” she said with absolute certainty.

http://newsone.com/253117/african-americans-tune-into-nollywood/
 

Long Live The Kane

Tyrant Titan
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
16,200
Reputation
4,070
Daps
60,283
Nollywood is mad entertaining. Alot of the story lines are just crazy. Lots of sex, cheating, witchcraft, juju, and other crazy shyt.

I personally love them, but the length can be a bit much at times. Average Nollywood film is from 2-3 hours.

Man i just finished watching this entire movie



It came up in my youtube recommendations and the still shot of the chicks dancing made me click...I said to myself i was gonna turn it off after watching that scene, but i got hooked lol...the plot of this sh!t is flat out ridiculous and barely makes sense or has any kind of continuity,i lost count of the number of scenes that made me :russ:, and it ends with absolutely ZERO resolution...but i just sat and righteously watched all an hour and 15 minutes of that sh!t
 

Hiphoplives4eva

Solid Gold Dashikis
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
42,423
Reputation
3,805
Daps
152,101
Reppin
black love, unity, and music
Man i just finished watching this entire movie



It came up in my youtube recommendations and the still shot of the chicks dancing made me click...I said to myself i was gonna turn it off after watching that scene, but i got hooked lol...the plot of this sh!t is flat out ridiculous and barely makes sense or has any kind of continuity,i lost count of the number of scenes that made me :russ:, and it ends with absolutely ZERO resolution...but i just sat and righteously watched all an hour and 15 minutes of that sh!t

You have to watch the sequel Barren Women 2 for the conclusion Breh.
 
Top