There are a couple of documentaries about Nigerian popular cinema, This Is Nollywood possibly the best-known. Some of those DVDs may actually be VCDs. -----Original Message----- >From: scott hutchins <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: May 24, 2010 1:34 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [SCREEN-L] West African cinema > >There is a store near me that sells DVDs of West African cinema. I >haven't been inside, but the films on the posters in the window look >like standard Hollywood fare with Africans. Does anyone know much about >West African popular cinema? > >Scott > >---- >To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L >in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] “Music—any art—is there to give us more freedom, not take it away.” - Greil Marcus ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]