From the magazine: What’s in a name? Nollywood and its movie titles
Nollywood movies are synonymous with titles that either make you laugh, annoy you or make you wonder exactly what was going on in the mind of the filmmaker when choosing…
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Amaka Igwe, immortalised on the cover of Nolly Silver Screen’s June edition
Foremost producer, writer, director and a leading player in the Nigerian motion picture industry, Amaka Igwe has been immortalised on the cover of Nolly Silver Screen magazine’s June edition. “Though…
From the magazine: Pornography in Nollywood: a rising trend
The issues around the Nigerian film and video industry known as Nollywood are at once lifting and depressing for many people. There are debates that revolve around its moral, economic…
From the magazine: Nollywood: A house divided?
Nollywood in its over twenty years of existence has evolved tremendously both in script and content delivery. It has also impacted and transformed global cinema by incorporating indigenous languages in…
2014 AMVCA Winner Tope Tedela lands Nolly Silver Screen April cover
Award winning actor, Tope Tedela has landed his first magazine cover in the April edition of Nolly Silver Screen. The actor who shot into the limelight after clinching the Best…
From the magazine: The History of Nollywood
The Nigerian film industry popularly known as Nollywood—a name reminiscent of Hollywood and Bollywood—started with cinema in the 1960s with pioneer filmmakers such as Ola Balogun, Duro Ladipo, Eddie Ugboma…