So, What is NOLLYWOOD?

Dame Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, famous Nigerian actress trained in the UK and  featured in "A Warm December" directed by Sidney Poitier.

The first groundbreaking Nigerian home video was Jimi Odumosu's "Evil Encounter", a 1980 horror movie for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) that was pirated on video cassettes at the Alaba International Market on the outskirts of Lagos. 

The first Nigerian movie, shot directly on video was  "Soso Meji" of 1988 by Ade Ajiboye, followed by Alade Aromire's "Ekun" (1989), 

"Turmin Danya" (The Draw")/in 1990,  was the first commercially successful Kannywood home video; Jide Kosoko's "Asiri Nla" 1992 and "Asewo To Re Mecca" of 1992 by Adebayo Salami, popularly known as "Oga Bello".

Prince Jide Kosoko

Jimi Odumosu

Adebayo Salami

Chris Obi-Rapu

Dr. Christian Chika Onu

Any documentary film on the history of Nollywood without them is not the conmplete true history of Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry.

The first Nollywood blockbuster home vodeo movie in the Igbo language was "Living in Bondage" 1 of 1992 by Chris Obi Raou and the sequel, "Living in Bondage" 2 of 1993 by Chika Christian Onu of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). 

How Nollywood Redefined Conversations on African Cinema and Culture 

https://shadowandact.com/how-nollywood-redefined-conversations-on-african-cinema-and-culture 

From Analog To Digital

https://shadowandact.com/the-nollywood-phenomenon-from-analog-to-digital-2

Is Nollywood a child of necessity or a phenomenon of ingenuity?

The guerrilla filmmakers in Nigeria who started the phenomenon of the first indie film industry in Africa were driven by necessity, ingenuity and opportunity.

How I Fell in Love with the Cinema

My great father of blessed memory, Sunday "Sunny" Eke loved going to cinemas almost daily, because he loved movies; especially #Hollywood western cowboys movies of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, war films and #Bollywood movies such as "Sholay" and "Seeta aur Geeta" and I loved the Bollywood legends; Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini,, Dharmendra Singh Deol , Sanjeev Kumar and lest I forget the most celebrated nautch dancer in Hindi romantic films, Helen Anne Richardson Khan.  My father never sat down to watch any movie on TV. He would just glance at the popular Bonanza western cowboys series and Combat series on World War 2.

https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-i-fell-in-love-with-cinema.html

The Most Appreciated Film Writer in Nigeria
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-most-appreciated-film-writer-in.html
Do you know that the Alpha Man, EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima is the most appreciated film writer on #Nollywood and the film industry by filmmakers and other major stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry since 2012. He has written on the Academy Awards and Cannes Film Festival since 2008 to date and accurately predicted the winner of the Oscars for the Best Picture and Best Director in 2017 won by Guillermo del Toro for "The Shape of Water". He has also written definitive articles on Nollywood and history of the Nigerian cinema published on Indiewire and by SHADOW&ACT Author Post List 

https://shadowandact.com/author/MichaelChima.

Nigeria: #Nollywood, #Kannywood and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/11/nigeria-nollywood-kannywood-and-academy.html

Fincho: The Making of the First Nigerian Film in Colour By Sam Zebba

https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/10/fincho-making-of-first-nigerian-film-in.html

Photo of Chinua Achebe and Hansjürgen Pohland on the Location of "Bullfrog in the Sun" in Ibadan
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/12/photo-of-chinua-achebe-and-hansjurgen.html

GIOVANNI ROSMAN: The First Canadian Actor in Nollywood

http://totnaija.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-first-canadian-actor-in-nollywood.html?m=1

Why Nollywood Filmmakers Have Failed To Qualify for the Oscars and Cannes
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2019/04/why-nollywood-filmmakers-have-failed-to.html

When Will Nollywood Movies Make the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival?
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/10/when-will-nollywood-movies-make.html

TOP 20 Nigerian Filmmakers From 2012-2020

https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/05/top-20-nigerian-filmmakers-from-2012.html

Bankrolling Nollywood: The Challenges and Benefits of Film Finance
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2019/03/bankrolling-nollywood-challenges-and.html

über Nollywood
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/10/uber-nollywood.html

Anachronisms in #Nollywood Igbo Epic Movies and Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò History
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/10/anachronisms-in-nollywood-igbo-epic.html

The Importance of a Database, Library and Museum for the Nigerian Film Industry
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-importance-of-database-library-and.html

Does Our National Assembly Know Anything About the Nigerian Entertainment Industry?
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/12/does-our-national-assembly-know.html

NOLLYWOOD is the National Treasure of Nigeria
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/12/nollywood-is-national-treasure-of.html

#Nollywood Rising: Welcome To Asaba!
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/11/nollywood-rising-welcome-to-asaba.html

Netflix Needs Cinemas and Cinemas Need Netflix
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/09/netflix-needs-cinemas-and-cinemas-need.html

The Encyclopaedia of Nollywood and the Nigerian Film Industry
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-encyclopaedia-of-nollywood-and.html

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

Publisher/Editor

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series