7 Nigerian filmmakers pushing boundaries beyond Nollywood
Photos: Nigerian filmmakers extending the Nollywood narrative
Beyond Nollywood – BFI Southbank's Beyond Nollywood weekender presents a motley crew of filmmakers who are creating work that subverts Nollywood both in content and style. Curator Nadia Denton profiles the filmmakers extending Nollywood's narratives.
Pictured: The Story Within, a documentary in which Africa's photographers reflect on the process of bringing their creative vision to life. Photo by Aida Muluneh.
Pictured: The Story Within, a documentary in which Africa's photographers reflect on the process of bringing their creative vision to life. Photo by Aida Muluneh.
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Photos: Nigerian filmmakers extending the Nollywood narrative
Beyond Nollywood – Still from the film Faaji Agba. The documentary is a six year journey by film-maker Remi Vaughan-Richards following seven, 68 to 85 year-old Yoruba master musicians in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Photos: Nigerian filmmakers extending the Nollywood narrative
Beyond Nollywood – Vaughan-Richards' documentary interweaves the history of the music scene of Lagos from the 1940s to the present day; from highlife to Juju to Afrobeat.
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Photos: Nigerian filmmakers extending the Nollywood narrative
Beyond Nollywood – The Golden Chain, revisits the Yoruba creation myth. Artist and filmmaker Adebukola Bodunrin, who studied fine arts at the School of the Art, Institute of Chicago creates thought provoking, experimental collage animations that seek to push the boundaries of conventional filmmaking in a philosophical way.
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Photos: Nigerian filmmakers extending the Nollywood narrative