Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the third-largest in the world--an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa. "Nollywood Babylon" is a feature documentary detailing the industry's phenomenal success....
When a group of people from different walks in life meet in a bus on their way home for Christmas, they find themselves entangled in a cat-and-mouse game with criminals.
The Mirror Boy is a mystical journey through Africa, seen through the eyes of a 12 year old boy, Tijan. After a London street fight, in which a local boy is hurt, Tijan's mother decides to take him back to their roots, to Gambia. On their arrival in Banjul, Tijan encounters a strange apparition, a...
2 Rats is a 2003 Nigerian comedy film directed by Andy Chukwu. Nollywood's highest-paid actors, Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze, play two young boys whose father has been murdered by their uncle. In a selfish move, Amaechi Muonagor wants them to work as house boys in their father's own house.
Dada, a mischievously sadistic six-year old, constantly bothers his neighbors with stealing and pranks. Dada's mother is at her wits end when her brother visiting from Lagos offers to take Dada to the big city to teach him some discipline. Once there, his uncle begs him to behave. And, of course,...
Double mama has a reputation for indiscriminately tackling anyone who dares to cross her. This allows her mischievous son to freely terrorise the villagers.
Two greedy brothers defraud their brother who is living abroad by taking the money that he sends to build a house, and lining their own pockets. Now their brother returns to Nigeria and is demanding answers. [parts 1-2]
For their diminutive size, the quest to find love and their history of mischief and pranks strike as distasteful attributes that hampers their efforts and remains a stumbling block. Still convinced and hopeful of success, the inhibiting and unrelenting pursuance to eventually succeed led to crafty...
Anya is from a very poor family who asks his father Kodo why they are poor. The answer he gets is that, it is due to inheritance. Anya decides to discontinue that trend of poor lineage and make money by all means. Aba on the other hand who is from a very rich family asks his father Ichie Bullion...
Two midgets, who are tired of their small statures being made a mockery of in the village and their father’s general disdain for them run to Lagos, where they are introduced to reggae music. [parts 1-2]
The birth of a new baby is not what Igwe needs but the cry of a son. Twenty one daughters is more than enough for a King to look for a son to succeed him. To Igwe's surprise, he has a son living in a distant city. How did he get a son without knowing his whereabout all these years? Whom should he...
The concerned children of an adulterous promiscuous father do their utmost to get him to start taking his duties as father and husband more seriously. [parts 1-2]
A shy, reserved prince is ordered by his father the king to get married, however the two men do not see eye to eye on the qualities that a wife should possess.John Dumelo, Osita Iheme, Walter Anga (2012)
Malachi turns up to his brother’s house from the village with his two sons in tow. He is not able to financially take care of them and wants his brother and his wife to put them through school. Will it be a successful mission? Are the children ready and willing to be better people in life?
Two young boys wish to help their family by raising finances and making money. Their father is a repeat alcoholic which makes it difficult for the two, but after a bright idea from one of the boys, things start to change rapidly.
A shameless man greedily encourages his children to steal, under the guise that he will use the criminal proceeds to further their education. They are soon put in grave danger when their criminal antics rapidly escalate. [parts 1-2]
The entire community lives in fear of a quick tempered firebrand who unleashes her fury at the slightest provocation. Almost everybody is relieved when it looks like she is finally about to be married. [parts 1-2]
