Cinematheque: Nollywood - Nigerian Cinema

Meltzer's documentary offers a fascinating look inside Nigeria’s emerging film industry, currently the world’s second largest producer of feature films. He spent ten weeks following Nigeria’s hottest directors Ojukwu and Ejiro, to explore Nollywood’s inner workings and economic challenges. Utilizing Afro-centric storylines and themes and shot on digital video, Nollywood movies are typically completed within days and immediately distributed to consumers on DVDs.