Nigerian film producer Femi Odugbemi
explained to the Today programme's Evan Davis that the "options are
limitless" for those in the industry, compared to the late 80s and early
90s when there were fewer "than 10 films a year" being made in the
whole of Nigeria.
Mr Odugbemi, who is currently working on a
film entitled Lady Gaga, also noted that Nollywood "has a history of
taking Western themes and Western storylines and turning them on their
head".
He added that while Nigerians "do
enjoy the Hollywood glamour… they are also attached in a very curious way to
the Nigerian story".
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today
programme on Monday 6 January 2014.
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