Who are the top 10 most powerful women in Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry?
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Top 10 Most Powerful Women in Nollywood and the Nigerian Film Industry
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
I Can Win the Oscar for The Best Picture
I see a Big Picture of myself winning the Oscar for the Best Picture, widely considered as the most prestigious honor of the annual Academy Awards of AMPAS.
Yes, I can win the Best Picture Oscar with my my first feature.
The original screenplay has been cowritten by me and by the accomplished multiple award winning filmmaker, Dr. Chika Christian Onu, director of "Living in Bondage" 2 and famous for directing "Glamour Girls", in 1994, the first romantic comedy in the history of the phenomenon of Nollywood.
I have shortlisted two cinematographers I believe have the experience and expertise for the cinematography. My preferred director remains classified.
Locations are in Port Harcourt and Bonny Island in Rivers State.
The research for the screenplay took four years, including the time that Dr. Chika Christian Onu came to the Nigeria LNG RA 1 on Bonny Island where I was staying from 2004 to 2008.
I published the screenplay as a book in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
#BestPicture
#Oscars
#academyawards
#nigeria
#experience
#research
#cinematography
https://www.instagram.com/p/CtKE98NtWdr/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
Monday, May 29, 2023
Film Criticism and Film Journalism
Film Criticism and Film Journalism
Anybody who can write and can study the Nigerian film industry can write on both Nollywood and Kannywood.
Don't mistake film journalism for film criticism.
Majority of those claiming to be film critics in Nigeria are either film journalists or commentators.
You cannot be a film critic if you don't understand filmmaking. Because how can you do a critique of a subject you don't understand the concept, content and context?
You don't know about Lighting for Storytelling and you are a film critic?
You don't know how soundtracks are used in storytelling and you call yourself a film critic?
You don't know costume for storytelling and you call yourself a film critic?
What of histrionics in drama?
Should I go on?
You cannot be a good film critic if you don't know the history of filmmaking or motion picture.
Until reading what I have written now, 99 percent of the so called film critics in Nigeria don't know what is film noir.
In the study of fine arts, we study art history and criticism combined, because you cannot be a good art critic if you don't know art history.
There is widespread intellectual ignorance and posturing by those who claim to be film critics, but they don't even know that filmmaking is part of fine arts and film criticism is part of art history and criticism.
This must be news to them.
Can they discuss Abstract Art in Art History and Criticism with Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima?
Can they do a critique of my masterpiece, "The Metamorphosis of the HIV in the T-Cell" collected by Family Health International (FHI) or "The Eruption of the Love Virus" in private collection since 1993?
I don't even claim to be a film critic.
I am a film writer and historian on the history of Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry widely published, circulated and studied by scholars and students in different colleges and universities in Nigeria and other countries.
Why? Because of the importance, relevance and significance in film studies, African studies, art history and criticism.
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry since 2013.
Friday, May 19, 2023
Video and Photos from the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) Cultural Day
Monday, May 15, 2023
Nigeria Daily: There is No Life Insurance Policy in Nollywood
https://twitter.com/nigeriadaily/status/1658099965514661890?t=1oEgRQxxtcd8rGZ5ipGPSw&s=09
The last time I signed a contract as an actor with insurance was in 1996 for a Nigerian action movie. Segun Arinze, Regina Askia, Emeka Ike and other top actors were in the cast.
I have written and published an article on the importance of insurance policy for Nollywood.
Ibinabo Fiberesima addressed it during her tenure as the President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). But I have not heard about it again.
There are no regulations for professional contracts for the cast and crew by both the AGN and Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN). So, they don't have any insurance policy.
There is too much opportunism in Nollywood and disregard for professionalism. And the opportunists feel offended and upset when you ask for professional ethics in the Nigerian film industry.
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
Saturday, May 13, 2023
International Branding of NOLLYWOOD for the Global Market
That the phenomenon of Nollywood has gained global recognition is a fact. But Nollywood is still lacking the required structure for competition in the global film industry and lagging behind South Africa, Egypt and Morocco.
Friday, May 12, 2023
Nigerian Igbo Movies Started the Phenomenon of NOLLYWOOD
"Chukwuabiama Na Ezedibia" (God and the King of Wizards) Coming Soon on NOLLYWOOD MAGIC Channel on CINETIE
Igbo dramas started the phenomenon of Nollywood with the first Igbo blockbuster movie, "Living in Bondage" in 1992.
NOLLYWOOD MAGIC Channel is bringing the captivating movies of Nigerian dramas on CINETIE of Rwanda streaming to millions of people online, including over 50 million Igbos in the world with over 45 million Igbos in Nigeria and over 4 million Igbos in the Diaspora.r Hundreds of thousands of Igbos are in America and the UK.
"God and the King of Wizards" is an Igbo epic drama of supernatural battles and encounters with powers of darkness and principalities never shown before in any Nigerian movie.
Director: Evans Orji
Major Cast: Prince Emeka Ani, Agbaogidi Clement Cornel, Camilla Mberikwe
Language: Igbo (subtitled in English)
#witchcraft
#wizards
#igbos
#language
#igbo
#nollywood
#nigeria
#rwanda
#epic
#movies
#drama
#power
#supernatural
View the trailer only on
https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2021/11/prince-emeka-ani-in-chukwuabiama-na.html
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Who is the New Shining Star in Nollywood?
Who is the new shining star to watch out for in Nollywood?
Uti Nwachukwu, the handsome unique style icon, TV personality, actor and the co-host of the Nigerian show Jara was the Shining Star to watch in the first edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series published in 2013. And he has become a true shining since then.
In 2023, the New Shining Star in Nollywood is a black and beautiful young actress who featured in an international award winning film.
Who is she?
You will see her in the third edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series. Definitely a collector's edition.
#Nollywood
#star
#actor
#2013
#2023
#editor
#collector
#awards
#film
#series
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Chinonye Chukwu: From Nigeria To Alaska
Chinonye Chukwu was born in Port Harcourt in Nigeria is an Alaskan-raised screenwriter, producer and director. A recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Award, Chinonye’s short, The Dance Lesson, premiered at the Ritz Theater of Philadelphia and was later acquired by MindTV for regional network distribution. The film was also a Regional Finalist for the 2010 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Academy Awards and an Honorary Mention at the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Chinonye’s other work includes Igbo Kwenu!, a recipient of the PIFVA Subsidy Grant from the independent film community and both the “Best Motion Picture Award” and “Best Screenplay Award” at the 2009 Diamond Screen Festival. In 2012 she completed her first feature narrative, Alaskaland, the story of an estranged Nigerian-American brother and sister who reunite in their Alaskan hometown. Her 2019 death row drama, Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard and Aldis Hodge, which she wrote and directed, received the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2019. She is a director on the TV series, Americanah, based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her 2022, critically acclaimed, biographical drama, Till, based on the true story of Mamie Till-Bradley, received numerous awards and nominations.
FILMOGRAPHY
Igbo Kwenu! (2009)
The Dance Lesson (2010)
Bottom (2012)
alaskaLand (2012)
A Long Walk (2013)
Clemency (2019)
Sorry for Your Loss - Episode: I'm Here (2019)
Till (2022)
Sunday, April 16, 2023
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR : The Celebration of The Legacy of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe in Nollywood and African Cinema
20 Years Since The New York Times Named #Nollywood
Norimitsu Onishi was the Chief of The New York Times’s southern Africa bureau, based in Johannesburg when he discovered the phenomenon of the first indie film industry in Africa in 2002 in the hustle and bustle of Lagos city, the heart and soul of the guerilla filmmakers of Nigeria.
How The Times Named ‘Nollywood’ in 2002
"It’s like Hollywood or Bollywood but in Nigeria — Nollywood!I told my editor."
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/insider/how-the-times-named-nollywood.html
The Nollywood Phenomenon: From Analog to Digital - SHADOW & ACT
https://shadowandact.com/the-nollywood-phenomenon-from-analog-to-digital-2
The article shows the evolution of Nollywood over the years and how the digital cinema revolution has made a critical impact in the advancement of Nollywood since 2002.
Traditional filmmakers of the old school of filmmaking on celluloid still say Nollywood is video and not cinema. But top people in the global film industry said: Every region has unique stories to tell. And we should encourage them to tell their stories first and not be hindered by the technical requirements for professional film production. That the first thing is to supply on demand, because it was the overwhelming quantity of Nollywood home videos in the 1990s that attracted the rest of the world before the improvements in the quality.
There have been significant improvements in the quality of the movies as Nollywood filmmakers have been adapting to current developments in filmmaking by using the same digital cinema cameras used by their counterparts in Bollywood and Hollywood following international standards in film and TV productions.
The improvement in the quality of the content has attracted the leading International acquisition and distribution companies, major studios and OTT video streaming services from America and Europe. Netflix, Disney and Amazon are now demanding for the best content in Nollywood and well produced movies have been acquired.
"The American King" directed and produced by Dr. Adah Obekpa, a Nigerian medical doctor in America. The romantic comedy featured famous African American singer, Akon with top Hollywood and Nollywood stars.
It is importan we document the new developments in Nollywood since 2002 to date for film history and film studies. That is why I working on a documentary film on "Nollywood Rising: The New Generation".
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry published since 2013.
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Why Netflix is the First Choice of Filmmakers in Nigeria
Why Netflix is the First Choice of Filmmakers in Nigeria