Rambunctious low-budget genre movie-making is alive and well in Nigeria. Shot on video on ridiculously meager budgets ($8000 to $10,000 on average), they are sold on street corners throughout Nigeria and surrounding countries, usually as $3 VCDs. These films are also becoming popular among African immigrant communities here in the states, where people want a little taste of back home. If you want a taste of what this new Nigerian cinema is all about, you can check out the downloadable trailers from this site. If you're overly acclimated to Hollywood production standards, these movies may seem shoddy and amateurish; but these action-adventures, family dramas, and witchcraft pictures seem to have a home grown, fly by the seat quality that American films can't touch. You can also buy them at africamovies.com.
pieces of tattered celluloid
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