This Is Nollywood is a Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n documentary film by Franco Sacchi and Robert Caputo, detailing the Nigerian film industry

Cinema of Nigeria

The cinema of Nigeria grew quickly in the 1990s and 2000s to become the second largest film industry in the world in terms of number of annual film productions, placing it ahead of the United States and behind the Indian film industry...

, much along the same lines as the acclaimed 2007 documentary, Welcome to Nollywood

Welcome to Nollywood

Welcome to Nollywood is a 2007 documentary film directed by Jamie Meltzer, which premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and also played at the Avignon Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival in the summer of 2007....

, by Jamie Meltzer

Jamie Meltzer

Jamie Meltzer is an American movie and documentary film director with four movies thus far, "Pegasus" , "Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story", "Welcome to Nollywood", and the short film "La Caminata"...

Through the story of director Bond Emeruwa, this documentary tells the story of a $250 million industry that has created thousands of jobs. As the documentary follows Emeruwa's production of Check Point, various members of the Nigerian filmmaking community discuss their industry, defend the types of films they make and the impact they have, and describe common difficulties they encounter, from hectic shooting schedules to losing electricity mid-shoot.