It has stars to rival Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard and Mumbai‘s Juhu Beach. But the tabloid tracking the every move of Nigeria‘s “Nollywood” actors isn’t in Nigeria, or even Africa – it’s in Queens.

Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of ...

History: Nollywood rising -- Nollywood in Nigeria: production and distribution -- Nollywood, the Nigerian product: style, format and audiences -- Organising Nollywood: government policy and guilds -- ...

*Two Nollywood films are set to make history when they debut in US cinemas. One of the titles, “Battle on Buka Street,” was released on December 30, 2022, at select Regal Theatres. The other film, ...

In 1992, after years of watching only imported American, Indian or Chinese films, Nigeria’s local film industry had its first real hit. “Living in Bondage,” a straight-to-video dramatic thriller, ...

This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...

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.

Nigeria—with its booming growth, and its nearly 300 missing girls—has been all over the news lately. I’ve been here for the last 7 days, first reporting on the Africa meeting of the World Economic ...

Anyone with an academic interest in Nigerian film must be familiar with the difficulty in accessing specific titles for teaching or research purposes. Less academic interests are frustrated by the ...