This was the year Nollywood made Netflix history. The film stars Nigerian film legend Richard Mofe-Damijo as Paul Edima, a deacon whose dark past returns after his son (Olumide Oworu) is framed for ...

Nollywood, with a growing annual ticket sales of N12 billion as of 2024, is not slowing down anytime soon. Over ...

The Nigerian entertainment industry is on a roll. In February, Netflix, the global streaming service with over 193 million subscribers, announced a slate of partnerships in the world’s third-largest ...

Spirituality fuels Nollywood’s booming film industry. Nollywood recently surpassed Hollywood in film production, according to a UNESCO survey released in May. The Lagos-based industry has existed for ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria's Judith Audu Productions and Switch Visual Productions have started production on the female-led Afrobeats feature EVI. The project, which is written and directed by award-winning ...

Osiberu will produce original TV and movie projects for Amazon through her Greoh Studios shingle. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Amazon Prime Video has signed a three-year overall deal with ...

Technology has played a huge role in the evolution of Nollywood. Before Netflix expanded into Africa to showcase movies from the continent, Nigerian movie makers had to rely on the limited reach of ...

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Nollywood is an entertainment-producing powerhouse gaining a foothold in the United States. But for one Boston film student, the movies her mother watched will always be tied up with memories of home.

Netflix has unveiled its first Nigerian original – a drama from Vaya director Akin Omotoso. The streamer has ordered an as-yet-untitled six-part series that will be directed by Akin, Daniel Oriahi and ...