Exploring Nollywood
Following up on the '...-ywoods' musings. Since we failed to list at least one Nollywood movie, check out the multi-award winning 'Anchor Baby' with BET's Sam Sarpong who is not also an actor, presenter and music artist but also one of the most successful male models having been the face of Hilfiger for five consecutive years.
Between us we have seen maybe a handful of Nollywood movies and from what we seen on TV on the Nollywood front (the good the bad and the downright ugly) that even when some of the execution leaves much to be desired you will find some gripping story telling which will contrast any failing in other areas more. That being said one has to consider the often scarce resources available. Like anything in due time this industry will grow and evolve. Either way it has entertainment value and should be supported to reach it's full potential.
Here are some enjoyable and hugely successful Nollywood production on par with the quality and execution of productions in the US and Europe. While we weren't surprised despite our limited experience of Nollywood some of our accquaintace were either shocked by the quality of these movies coming out Nollywood or if they seen the other spectrum the lack of quality. We think like any film industry you will find anything from Blockbuster-material to not even the b-budget but z-budget movies.
Anchor Baby
Synopsis:
(as on the anchorbabymovie.com)
An illegal immigrant couple from Nigeria, pregnant Joyce (Omoni Oboli) and Paul Unanga (Sam Sarpong) are on the run from the United States immigration, desperately hoping that Joyce will give birth in the US, so their child can become an American citizen. Anchor Baby
is an emotionally charged tale that will leave you guessing all through the end.
Watch the trailer here:
You can rent the full movie here:
Mirrorboy
Synopsis
(Text below is on: mirrorboythemovie.com)
Between us we have seen maybe a handful of Nollywood movies and from what we seen on TV on the Nollywood front (the good the bad and the downright ugly) that even when some of the execution leaves much to be desired you will find some gripping story telling which will contrast any failing in other areas more. That being said one has to consider the often scarce resources available. Like anything in due time this industry will grow and evolve. Either way it has entertainment value and should be supported to reach it's full potential.
Here are some enjoyable and hugely successful Nollywood production on par with the quality and execution of productions in the US and Europe. While we weren't surprised despite our limited experience of Nollywood some of our accquaintace were either shocked by the quality of these movies coming out Nollywood or if they seen the other spectrum the lack of quality. We think like any film industry you will find anything from Blockbuster-material to not even the b-budget but z-budget movies.
Anchor Baby
Synopsis:
(as on the anchorbabymovie.com)
An illegal immigrant couple from Nigeria, pregnant Joyce (Omoni Oboli) and Paul Unanga (Sam Sarpong) are on the run from the United States immigration, desperately hoping that Joyce will give birth in the US, so their child can become an American citizen. Anchor Baby
is an emotionally charged tale that will leave you guessing all through the end.
Watch the trailer here:
You can rent the full movie here:
Mirrorboy
Synopsis
(Text below is on: mirrorboythemovie.com)
“The Mirror Boy” is an enthralling journey through the picturesque terrains of The Gambia, as seen through the eyes of a London-born 12 year old boy, TIJANI.
TIJANI gets involved in a street fight in which a boy is hurt. Convinced that TIJANI needs discipline, TEEMA, his mum decides to take him to the Gambia to live with her sister.
On their arrival in Banjul, TIJANI encounters what he considers to be a simple apparition- a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing afterwards.(...)
The MIRROR BOY takes TIJANI on a magical journey. (...)After a series of edge-of-the-seat adventures in the forest, TIJANI emerges the next day, a bewildered boy; for whom the lines between reality and fantasy; between the physical and the spiritual have been forever blurred.
His arrival at a time of mourning for a small kingdom upsets the evil machinations of a desperate Queen who; threatened by his innocent presence; is not afraid wield her mysterious powers.
A cathartic climax helps TIJANI to unravel the mystery of the MIRROR BOY. It also provides him with a rather mystical explanation for the way his life has cascaded (...) towards this inter-twined fate with a father he has never met.
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