Nigerian Film....

Last week I'd mentioned that I didn't know much on African Film. I wrote a little blurb yesterday about "Nollywood" the explosion of Nigerian film.

Papa Shango, who has a blog called "I'm An African In New York" left this comment:

'Nollywood has become indeed the World 3rd largest movie industry. It seems to me that Nollywood is more interested in quantity these days than quality though. I suppose it's the result of low cost requirements, similar to horror movies in the US (very cheap to make, that's why there's so many of them year round).One naija movie stands out though, it's The Amazing Grace, probably the most successful Nigerian to date. Unlike its predecessors, it was released in theaters throughout the African continent and even the UK recently. Check it out here:http://www.theamazinggracefilm.com/agf/en/home.html '

From IW: This is the film's synopsis:

The Movie "The Amazing Grace" is the most ambitious project to come out of the Nollywood (Nigerian) stable. The first major international feature film from the Nigerian movie industry highlights the epic story of the British slave trader John Newton’s Voyage to Nigeria in 1748, and how this experience helped inspire him to compose the world famous hymn, Amazing Grace.