This is Nollywood is a documentary film that captures the spirit of Nigeria's booming movie industry.


Festivals + Screenings

Boston University Cinemateque

Series: Film on Film

Boston, MA, USA,

October 22nd 2009.

Visual Africa Museum for African Arts

New York City, NY, USA,

October 7th 2009 7:00 pm

Harvard Law School: Africa Week

Cambridge, MA, USA
April 12, 2009

Film, Video and Interactive Media Festival

Society for Visual Anthropology,

American Anthropological Association.

November 28, 2008

Northampton Film Festival

Northampton MA. USA
November 2, 2008

Africa In The Picture Film Festival

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

September 5, 2008

Amakula Kampala International Film Festival

Kampala. Uganda

May 8, 2008

Cinema Zero

Pordenone Italy

May 7, 2008

Cannes PanAfrican Film Festival

Cannes, France

April 22, 2008

Barcelona Culture Studio:

Documentary Film Series on Lagos.

Barcelona, Spain

April 8, 2008

Salem Film Festival

Salem, MA, USA

March 1st, 2008

Cascade Festival of African Films

Portland, Oregon, USA

February 23, 2008

Kennedy School of Government:

International Development Film Series

Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
February 14, 2008

Pan African Film Festival

Los Angeles, California, USA
February 12 + 17, 2008

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA, USA

February 1 + 9, 2008

Festival Cinema Africano

Verona, Italy

November 22, 2007

London's Raindance Film Festival

London, England

October 6, 2007

Embassy Cinema

Waltham, MA, USA,

September 6, 2007

Brattle Theater

Cambridge, MA, USA

September 13, 2007

Abuja International Film Festival

Abuja, Nigeria
September 27th, 2007

Rhode Island International Film Festival

Providence, RI, USA
August 11, 2007

Roxbury Film Festival

Roxbury MA, USA
August 8, 2007

Woods Hole Film Festival

Cape Cod, MA, USA
July 29, 2007

 

THIS IS NOLLYWOOD Broadcasts

Turner Broadcasting

Latin America - Brazil

Fall 2009

Cathay Pacific

In-flight Entertainment

Feb/March 2009

Sky Arts, UK

October 2008

South African Broadcasting Corporation

SABC 1

April 2008

QuestHD Canada

July 2007


THIS IS NOLLYWOOD In The News

TED Global Talk

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/

franco_sacchi_on_nollywood.html

The Boston Phoenix

http://thephoenix.com/Boston//Movies/

55271-Guerrilla-filmmaking/

Harvard Crimson

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=522058

Voice of America

http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/

2007-07/2007-07-11-voa42.cfm?CFID=

244536182&CFTOKEN=33276309

Current TV

http://current.com/items/76373942_nollywood

Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/

2008/01/27/seeing_africa_from_many_angles/

AFRIRADIO/Nigrizia

http://www.nigrizia.com/sito/notizie_

pagina.aspx?Id=608&IdModule=1

 

Events

International Development Conference

Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

April 6, 2008.

Workshop: Exploring How Film and Media Advance International Development. Workshop Leader Franco Sacchi, (Director and Co-Producer of This is Nollywood) presented Nollywood as case study.

TED Global Conference

Arusha Tanzania.

June 6, 2007
This Is Nollywood Director Franco Sacchi presents a TED Talk on Nollywood.

Al Jazeera International, ‘The Riz Kahn Show’

April 11 2007
Bond Emeruwa and Franco Sacchi discuss Nollywood and talk about the upcoming documentary 'This is Nollywood’.