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DESCRIPTION:The Nigerian film industry\, known as Nollywood\, has exploded 
 in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all of West Africa—m
 ore popular even than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood films—the Nigerian
  film industry has distinguished itself by shooting all films (called vide
 o films there) on digital video. This has allowed production schedules to 
 be compressed (films are shot in several days) and immediately brought to 
 market (distribution consists of bringing films to Idumota electronics mar
 ket in Lagos and selling them for home viewing). The sheer volume of Niger
 ian video films is staggering: one estimate has a film being produced for 
 each day of the year. Nollywood is now the third-largest film industry in 
 the world\, generating US$286 million per year for the Nigerian economy. A
 nd yet this vibrant\, profitable industry is virtually unknown outside of 
 Africa. Welcome to Nollywood tells the stories of three directors and thei
 r latest productions\, while also using interviews with scholars\, actors\
 , and journalists who celebrate (in insightful and often humorous ways) th
 e Nigerian video-film industry as a whole\, its unique character and genre
 s\, as well as its impact on the culture of West Africa and Africans at ho
 me and abroad (written by Henry Rosenthal) This documentary screening will
  be followed by a discussion about the issues raised in the film. For more
  information\, please contact Kwame Edwin Otu\, ekotu@syr.edu Sponsor: Moy
 nihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Maxwell African Scholars Un
 ion\, Co-Sponsor
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: Welcome to Nollywood
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Nigerian film industry\, known as Nollywoo
 d\, has exploded in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all
  of West Africa—more popular even than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood f
 ilms—the Nigerian film industry has distinguished itself by shooting all f
 ilms (called video films there) on digital video. This has allowed product
 ion schedules to be compressed (films are shot in several days) and immedi
 ately brought to market (distribution consists of bringing films to Idumot
 a electronics market in Lagos and selling them for home viewing). The shee
 r volume of Nigerian video films is staggering: one estimate has a film be
 ing produced for each day of the year. Nollywood is now the third-largest 
 film industry in the world\, generating US$286 million per year for the Ni
 gerian economy. And yet this vibrant\, profitable industry is virtually un
 known outside of Africa. Welcome to Nollywood tells the stories of three d
 irectors and their latest productions\, while also using interviews with s
 cholars\, actors\, and journalists who celebrate (in insightful and often 
 humorous ways) the Nigerian video-film industry as a whole\, its unique ch
 aracter and genres\, as well as its impact on the culture of West Africa a
 nd Africans at home and abroad (written by Henry Rosenthal) This documenta
 ry screening will be followed by a discussion about the issues raised in t
 he film. For more information\, please contact Kwame Edwin Otu\, ekotu@syr
 .edu Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Maxwell Af
 rican Scholars Union\, Co-Sponsor
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