What is it about?
This paper explores key aspects of digital storytelling in the Nigerian film industry by examining the processes and strategies of ‘new generation’ filmmakers in Nigeria.
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Why is it important?
This paper suggests that advances in digital technologies, such as the Internet and digital media are creating new ways for filmmakers in Nigeria to fund and circulate their creative work to a vast global audience.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it highlights significant transformations occuring in the Nigerian Film Industry. These far-reaching transformations are driven by tech-savvy Nigerian filmmakers who are willing to consider innovative models in the filmmaking practice – from crowdfunding to content distribution via online platforms – in their effort to become relevant in the changing digital global marketplace.
Dr Ugo Ben Ebelebe
Griffith University
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This page is a summary of: Reinventing Nollywood, Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, October 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1354856517735792.
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