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.


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>From: scott hutchins <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: May 24, 2010 1:34 PM
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>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
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