Nollywood on TEDGlobal
June 6th, 2007 | Published in Nigeria, TED Africa
Ethan Zuckerman, one of the bloggers attending the [tag]TEDGlobal07[/tag] conference in Arusha,-Tanzania writes:
Franco Sacchi, an Italian filmmaker living in Boston, has just produced a remarkable film about Nollywood. [tag]Nollywood[/tag] is the third largest film industry in the world, after Hollywood and Bollywood. The Nigerian film industry makes 2000 films a year, as of 2006, which means that every week, 40 to 50 films are being made on the streets of Lagos and in cities throughout West Africa. The industry has created thousands of jobs… and it’s happened against all odds in a country where it can be very difficult to live and work.
Photo:From Harinjaka, another blogger at TED from Madagascar
