Nigeria’s film industry is a paradox in motion. Nollywood is simultaneously a cultural colossus and a financial lightweight.

CNN — New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — 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 ...

Like most Nigerian mothers at home and in the Diaspora, Mrs Njoku was and still is a lover of Nollywood, the local movie industry in her country of birth that churns out more than a 1000 titles on ...

Ini Edo appears unfazed by the controversy surrounding her latest film, 'A Very Dirty Christmas', as she continues to ...

It has taken nearly 80 years, but a Nigerian movie will finally be screened in a hallowed official slot at the Cannes film festival Sunday. After decades of being written off for its cheap and ...

Is Nollywood having its Cannes coming-out party? Ranking among the world’s most prolific film industries for years, Nigeria’s scrappy, homegrown biz is breaking out at this year’s festival, with the ...