What Is Nollywood? How To Join Nollywood Movie Industry

Nigerians have one of the vibrant , rich, quality and entertaining movie industries in Africa called Nollywood.

Undoubtedly, Nollywood has produced and entertained several homes in Africa and all over the world with their humor, tragedy, suspenseful movies. A whole lot of celebrities and influential personalities today, made their mark in the Nollywood movie space.

We all had our eyes glued to the contents they produced because that is what we wanted, but the film industry has also provided lots of people jobs and put food on their tables. It has contributed largely to reduce Nigeria´s unemployment figures. An estimated 50 movies are produced and premiered in Nigeria every week.

Mercy Johnson, Ramsey Noah, Tonto Dikeh, Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Peter and Yul Edochie, Rita Dominic are among a tall ending list of personalties that had their bread and butter from Nollywood.

Even some kids who played roles in the early Nollywood movies have all grown to become very famous and wealthy owing to the exposure and experience they had from that tender age. Notable mentions are Regina Daniels and William Uchemba.

What is Nollywood?

Now you might be wondering what Nollywood really means and represents, simply it is a sobriquet or nickname referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the word dates back to the early 2000s after a journalist from the New York Times Norimitsu Onishi coined the name while observing a filmmaking process in Nigeria.

How to join Nollywood

Joining the Nollywood movie industry is not mandatory but at a point an actor or actress wishes, they are free to become a member. One must have been a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria and should what it takes to be an actor or actress. Talent Agencies also have a good connection with the right people in the film industry who scout talents and make them big personalities.