Focus on African filmmakers
July 6th, 2007 by Zsofia
A new creative documentary film has been completed about the Nigeria-based film industry, Nollywood. Franco Sacchi, the film’s director has been fascinated by the innovative spirit of Nigerian filmmakers, and celebrates new technologies, which he says have brought about an “egalitarian promise”.
Sacchi says African filmmakers make movies on shoestring budgets and are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit. An average production takes just 10 days and costs around 10,000 dollars. According to the director, Nollywood was born out of an “epidemic of crime and insecurity of the 1980s”. Read more about this story at the VOA site.
