Nollywood Babylon Gala
Ben Addelman & Samir Mallal
Sun Nov 9, 7 pm
75 minutes
Bookshelf Cinema
www.films.nfb.ca/nollywood-babylon/

In the low-budget, wacky world of Nigeria’s explosive movie industry, Jesus and voodoo vie for equal screen time. Welcome to Nollywood, the world’s fastest-growing national cinema, surpassed only by its American and Indian counterparts. Full of juicy movie clips and buoyed by a score that fuses Afropop with traditional sounds, “Nollywood Babylon” celebrates the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market, where films are sold and unlikely stars are born.

GALA

This is a Gala presentation. The Director Samir Mallal will be in attendance.