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Nigerian & Ghanaian (African) Movie Reviews
Nollywood is gaining an even bigger audience, and this time it is the world of academia that is taking notice. Arcadia University is based in Pennsylvania, USA and starting in the Spring semester of 2011, Arcadia University’s The College of Global Studies at its Center for East African Studies in Arusha, Tanzania will be offering undergraduate credit units on 3 African Film courses as undergraduate credits. Two of these courses pertaining strictly to Nollywood.
Nollywood star, Rita Dominic was a Special Guest of the Embassy of Nigeria in Nairobi, Kenya to participate in several activities to celebrate Nigeria at 50. She was invited in recognition of her enormous contributions to film making in Africa. Rita received a warm welcome from both Kenyans as well as Nigerians living in Kenya. She granted several high profile television and newspaper interviews to talk about the Nigeria at 50 celebrations and her career in Nollywood.
The movie Anchor Baby was shot in Brampton and Hamilton, Ontario Canada. It’s producer Lonzo Nzekwe had previously been chosen by the Reel World Film Festival as one of 20 emerging film makers in Canada and now his movie Anchor Baby has taken home two awards from the Harlem International Film Festival in New York City. Omoni Oboli bagged the award for best actress for her role in Anchor Baby and Anchor Baby won the award for Best Film.
The time has come for me to announce the winner of the Nollywood Giveaway that started last week. First of all let me thank you all for your submissions. It was good to get to know a little bit more about all of you. Alot of your stories I deeply related to.To round this up I am going to finish with My Story.
It was a night of fun, glitz and glamour on Friday, September 24, 2010 as Nollywood screen diva, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, also known as Omosexy treated friends and fans to a 5 star album launch event at the Eko Hotels. The N100, 000 a table pass was no problem for dignitaries, fans and friends of Omotola and the press stormed the Eko hotels in droves to attend the album launch.
Months after she declared interest to go into movie production, Screen Diva Ini Edo has finally decided to put her dreams to screen as she produces her first movie, along with industry veteran Emem Isong. which will be premiered on the 15th of October at 10A Ikoyi Avenue, off Macpherson Street, off Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. The movie tells the story of Halle an aspiring actress who had atteneded several auditions without getting a role. She finally gets her chance when she claims to be Bankole Da Silva’s fiancée, an oil magnate she’s never met.
Actress Oby Edozieh is back in Nollywood and this time she is calling all the shots as the producer. I always used to marvel at the scantiness of her eyebrows but truth be told I have missed her a little bit since she has been gone. My most memorable performance of hers was with Rita Dominic and Pat Attah in IMMATERIAL. I picked up a copy in Tobago (See even when I’m away I need my fix) and I absolutely loved her in that movie. The way she was spitting lyrics in pidgen and being so razz with it, she was just on point! If you haven’t seen that movie, I reccommend that you do! So I received this Press Release and photos in my inbox,and what amazed me was the fact that they spelt her name as “Oby Edizien.” What can I say but WOW! How are you meant to be promoting someone and you can’t even get their name right? BIG BIG insult. I don’t even know the chick but I know enough to get her name right! And I’m not the one getting paid to promote her!!!
This Nollywood goes Hollywood movie definitely looks like it is going to be one to watch out for and starring Nollywood’s very own Yemi Blaq! Goooo Yemi! African Academy Award-nominee Leila Djansi’s much anticipated movie “Sinking Sands,” starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, introducing Ama K. Abebrese, and Yemi Blaq. The film tells the story of a couple, Jimah (Jean-Louis) and Pabi (Abebrese) in a loving marriage which turns into one of violence and abuse when Jimah becomes disfigured in a domestic accident.
This is a Nollywood Movie Giveaway! Yes you heard right. I am giving one lucky avid Nollywood watcher and reader of this site the opportunity to win TWO NOLLYWOOD MOVIES. So, you may ask what do you have to do to win these Nollywood movies? The answer is simple. All you have to do is leave a message in the comments section of this post telling me how you got started watching Nollywood movies and why you love them so much. This has to be done by midnight GMT on Monday the 27th of September 2010. Yes it really is that simple.The answer that I like the most will get sent the movies that week. It doesn’t matter where you live, everybody is eligible to play.
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