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Original title: Nollywood Babylon
Year: 2008
Running time: 74 min.
Country: Canada
Director: Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal
Screenwriter: Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal
Cast: Documentary
Music: Olivier Alary
Cinematography: Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal
Producer: AM Pictures, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Documentary | Movie Documentary. Africa
Synopsis: Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the third-largest in the world--an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa. "Nollywood Babylon" is a feature documentary detailing the industry's phenomenal success. Propelled by a booming 1970s soundtrack of African underground music, the movie presents an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.

Awards: 2009: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Jury Prize - World Cinema (Documentary)

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Nollywood Babylon

2008

Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal