LIAR!

"There was no Nollywood until "Living in Bondage" in 1992, the first home video blockbuster movie that started the phenomenon of Nollywood."
- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry.

Obagreatdatoye:

School them biko...they like to argue too dumb, a people.

Are you not sounding Stup!d like this? 😂😂😂

LagosPrince:
The lady in picture is pained because nobody calls her for English films except for Yoruba movies .

😂 😆 😂

Do u call Indians or Americans for igbo films? U should be proud of ur Language and root don't feel inferior

Who is your teacher
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_film_era#:~:text=The%20first%20film%20produced%20on,Ekun%20(1989)%20on%20video.

igwebuike01:

Was it recorded and produced for Mass distribution? Oga una lack business sense. Na we be the first to record film. Iweka Road Onitsha

Sad how everything has degenerated to race rivalries in Nigeria. This country is not going to be great anytime soon. Just deteriorating every day. No facts, no truths, nothing intellectual or mentally stimulating anymore.

funmijoyb:

So where did I mentioned Igbo?

Shut up!!! Ignoramus.

oyeludef:
Alaba business sense wey the rest of the world know as piracy

Chronic ignoramus spotted

GoodLife4live:
Dem never even born u our mum talkless u... First televised movie was in 1973... A Yoruba film..

Jaguar in 1978 in bronkin English..
.

He only asked for the first nollywood film tile, why can't you just give him the answer?

New masquerade by Chief Zebrudaya even started back before that your Jaguar.

GoodLife4live:
Herbert ogunde movie in 1973... No play ooo

Things fall apart 1983 .haha the gap is much to justify..

But things fall apart is more recognized than all Herbert ogunde's film

Well... Later things should always be greater than former things na. Besides, we are talking about movies in local dialect, knowing fully well that movies in English Language will attract more audience than in local dialect.

LagosPrince:
Yoruba started Nollywood yet, most Yoruba actors and actresses didn't break through the English version of Nollywood from baba suwe to Mr latin down to Femi adebayo.

The Igbos gave Nollywood life and since Yoruba actors and actresses couldn't break through the English version of Nollywood probably because there english sucks, Dem kuku create Nollywood Yoruba to console themselves.

You claimed Yoruba actors couldn't breakthrough the English version of Nollywood yet you couldn't write simple English language. THERE & THEIR are not the same thing. "THERE English sucks! "

Awooooooo.
Awolowo.

FreeStuffsNG:
Some people actually think that Nollywood started with 'Living In Bondage ' and 'Domitila'. Smh.

Aisha is even schooling them for free when they should be paying to recieve this kind of knowledge.

Everything about entertainment in Africa, from the first TV station to the first stadium etc, has its root in Ibadan, the heart of Yorubaland through the vision of our forebears. Thank you Aisha for the free education you are giving them.

Entertainment business is total package and it's bringing in billions into Nigeria through the Nigerian music, sports and film industry pioneered by the Yoruba and still owned by the Yoruba.

The chart bursting Nollywood films are produced in Yoruba but subtitled in English, Asake sings in Yoruba, all the Nigerian music Stars that performed at his UK show, including Tunde Baiyewu of Light House, are Nigerians and Yoruba with link to Nollywood. Most of those sound tracks in Yoruba films come from these Yoruba global Musicians.

Even Gospel musicians like Tope Alabi are connected to Nollywood while World Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua, World Athletics record-holder Tobi Amusan, along with Odunlade Adekola, Olamide, Teni and others are Glo Ambassadors, Iya Rainbow, Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule from Nollywood as Airtel Ambassadors, with their faces all over local and international Nigerian entertainment contents sponsorship.

Yoruba started Nollywood when the rest of Nigeria and Africa had not even seen or watched a TV in their lives and the Yoruba still own Nollywood till date.

The Yoruba can teach others in Nigeria and Africa how they sustain this global feat and dominance of entertainment if others are humble enough to learn from the Yoruba. We are all Nigerians/Africans and we can learn from one another.

If lamidi Cownu and Ekpa, the yeastern gods hear you

Validated:
Abeg what is the title of the first Nollywood film by Yoruba? We know of living in bondage ooo.

Don't mind the ignoramuses.

U mentioned living in bondage and domitila and I was reading to hear where you'll mention Yoruba movies older than that but I didn't see, why? Pls mention Yoruba movies older than living in bondage, mike ori ife dimmma, Thomson oranu movies, ikuku, domitila, etc. Pls this should be for enlightenment not for another ethnic bigotry war

FreeStuffsNG:
Some people actually think that Nollywood started with 'Living In Bondage ' and 'Domitila'. Smh.

Aisha is even schooling them for free when they should be paying to recieve this kind of knowledge.

Everything about entertainment in Africa, from the first TV station to the first stadium etc, has its root in Ibadan, the heart of Yorubaland through the vision of our forebears. Thank you Aisha for the free education you are giving them.

Entertainment business is total package and it's bringing in billions into Nigeria through the Nigerian music, sports and film industry pioneered by the Yoruba and still owned by the Yoruba.

The chart bursting Nollywood films are produced in Yoruba but subtitled in English, Asake sings in Yoruba, all the Nigerian music Stars that performed at his UK show, including Tunde Baiyewu of Light House, are Nigerians and Yoruba with link to Nollywood. Most of those sound tracks in Yoruba films come from these Yoruba global Musicians.

Even Gospel musicians like Tope Alabi are connected to Nollywood while World Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua, World Athletics record-holder Tobi Amusan, along with Odunlade Adekola, Olamide, Teni and others are Glo Ambassadors, Iya Rainbow, Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule from Nollywood as Airtel Ambassadors, with their faces all over local and international Nigerian entertainment contents sponsorship.

Yoruba started Nollywood when the rest of Nigeria and Africa had not even seen or watched a TV in their lives and the Yoruba still own Nollywood till date.

The Yoruba can teach others in Nigeria and Africa how they sustain this global feat and dominance of entertainment if others are humble enough to learn from the Yoruba. We are all Nigerians/Africans and we can learn from one another.

kettykin:
Yoruba started yollywood, hausa started hausahood , igbos started nollywood .

And those are the 3 Nigerians?

LagosPrince:

Na Igbo get Nollywood

Yoruba get Nollywood yoruba since they couldn't break into the English version of Nollywood Epic

And what’s the trophy in making English movies

We no get our indigenous language?

When did you see Koreans or Indians do English movies?

Nairaland has become a platform of tribal war. Every discussion is now geared towards tribalism. What a shame!

[quote author=Ola9ja23 post=125383832]This people and their nonsense argument

We are proud of our Yoruba movies as it promotes our culture and heritage that's why you see many of them doing great on Netflix and attracting international attention. I can't remember any ibo movie on Netflix that gain attention as Yoruba language in Africa.

We don't need to brake into local English movie of IPOB

igwebuike01:

That's the point. Nollywood is not about projecting language but making money. Igbos commercialized acting and that's the meaning of Nollywood

Says who?

Please how many Indian and Korean movies speak English

Ritchiee:


Don't be a clown.If you talk even about money,Yorubas always have the highest grossing movies.


Just look at this list.


1 Battle on Buka Street 2022 ₦668,423,056 Funke Ayotunde Akindele

Network / FilmOne Funke Akindele, Tobi Makinde


2 Omo Ghetto: The Saga 2020 ₦636,129,120 SceneOne Productions Funke Akindele, JJC Skillz



3 The Wedding Party 2016 ₦452,288,605 Ebonylife Films / FilmOne / Inkblot Production / Koga Studios Kemi Adetiba



4 The Wedding Party 2 2017 ₦433,197,377 Ebonylife Films / FilmOne / Inkblot Production / Koga Studios Niyi Akinmolayan


5 Chief Daddy 2018 ₦387,540,749
EbonyLife Films Niyi Akinmolayan



6 Brotherhood 2022 ₦328,881,120
Greoh Studios Loukman Ali


7 King of Thieves 2022 ₦320,805,150. Euphoria360 Media / Anthill Studios Tope Adebayo, Adebayo Tijani


8 Sugar Rush 2019 ₦287,053,270 GreoH Media / Jungle Filmworks / Empire Mates Entertainment Kayode Kasum


9 Ijakumo 2022 ₦278,496,384 Toyin Abraham Films Production / Filmone Adebayo Tijani, Steve Sodiya


10 Christmas in Miami 2021 ₦265,583,000 Corporate World Pictures Robert Peters


11 King of Boys 2018 ₦244,775,758 Kemi Adetiba Visuals Kemi Adetiba


12 Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons 2018 ₦235,628,358 Corporate World Entertainment / FilmOne / Gush Media Toka Mcbaror


13 Merry Men 2: Another Mission 2019 ₦234,505,169. Corporate World Entertainment / Gush Media / FilmOne Moses Inwang


14 Your Excellency 2019 ₦186,340,948 EbonyLife Films Funke Akindele



15 A Trip to Jamaica 2016 ₦180,264,964
Corporate World Pictures Robert Peters


16 10 Days in Sun City 2017 ₦176,705,669 Corporate World Pictures Adze Ugha


17 Living in Bondage: Breaking Free 2019 ₦168,770,202 Play Entertainment Network/Michelangelo Productions/Natives Filmworks Ramsey Nouah


18 30 Days in Atlanta 2014 ₦163,351,300. Corporate World Pictures Robert Peters


19 Aki & Pawpaw 2021 ₦136,379,049
Playy network studios and Film One Biodun Stephen


20 The Ghost and the Tout Too 2021 ₦134,408,075. Toyin Abraham Films Production Ama Psalmist


21 Prophetess 2021 ₦131,441,252 Anthill Studios Niyi Akinmolayan


22 Bling Lagosians 2019 ₦120,135,139 Film One Bolanle Austen-Peters


23 Fate of Alakada: The Party Planner 2020 ₦113,226,100 vvFilmOne Kayode Kasum


24 My Village People 2021 ₦100,958,400 Kountry Koulture Productions Niyi Akinmolayan

But Lion heart beat all of these ones na

We need to identify the numbers of Cinemas in each region. I know of Pen Cinema, (Queen Cinema and Baba Sala Cinema in Ibadan).

Putinofrussia:

lol
I bet you are intelligent or you can at least pretend to be.
Hollywood, Bollywood and others all over the world all started from cinemas then into videos and so on.

There is a reason the world wouldn't forget the inventors of most tools we use today like cars,phones etc.

In simple words,Yorubas invented Nollywood before you know what acting is all about..

LagosPrince:
Yoruba started Nollywood yet, most Yoruba actors and actresses didn't break through the English version of Nollywood from baba suwe to Mr latin down to Femi adebayo.

The Igbos gave Nollywood life and since Yoruba actors and actresses couldn't break through the English version of Nollywood probably because there english sucks, Dem kuku create Nollywood Yoruba to console themselves.

Very true

Yoruba movie industry has really catch up and performing very well now but that doesn't mean they own Nollywood. For thr past 30 years of my life where I've been the AGR bracket of awareness, I've always heard, seen and known the Igbos as the face of nollywood and everybody in Africa, Europe, and America everywhere I've been to and I have friends in that knows nollywood always Link it with the Igbo. Igbo people neglected Igbo version of nollywood and projected the English version which is the version that sold all over the world and every human in this world always mention Igbo and Igbo culture - white people call me Igwe when we joke, they heard that from nollywood.

How come because the Yoruba rebranded in 2022 they suddenly became the owners of nollywood? This is betrayal of the highest order. Don't try to change history because you're now on an advantaged position with big platform. Igbo nollywood died when they started mass creation of low budget movies and the Yoruba used this opportunity to take advantage of an already built brand - it's not bad as we're all Nigerians. But give glory to whom it's due.

Even in music, Yorubas only started dominating since about 5 years ago.

GoodLife4live:
Dem never even born u our mum talkless u... First televised movie was in 1973... A Yoruba film..

Jaguar in 1978 in bronkin English..
.

"Bronkin". Is that a country or what?

igwebuike01:

Yorubas and shallow brain and inability to apply native intelligence. Na those igbo village films be the real Nollywood known outside Nigeria not those rubbish Lagos films that has no African content. This is similar to UI and UNN in those days. It was UNN who first awarded a local degree with local curriculum and course outline while yorubas where hyping their London course content from Ibadan. Oga una no get local ingenuity

Nobody knows UNN outside of Nigeria

The most known schools are UI, Unilag and OAU. Covenant is becoming known too and all schools are in southwest

Yorubas own entertainment. Even the tv soap operas were started by Yorubas and still dominated by Yorubas

ehikwe22:
Yoruba movie industry has really catch up and performing very well now but that doesn't mean they own Nollywood. For thr past 30 years of my life where I've been the AGR bracket of awareness, I've always heard, seen and known the Igbos as the face of nollywood and everybody in Africa, Europe, and America everywhere I've been to and I have friends in that knows nollywood always Link it with the Igbo. Igbo people neglected Igbo version of nollywood and projected the English version which is the version that sold all over the world and every human in this world always mention Igbo and Igbo culture - white people call me Igwe when we joke, they heard that from nollywood.

How come because the Yoruba rebranded in 2022 they suddenly became the owners of nollywood? This is betrayal of the highest order. Don't try to change history because you're now on an advantaged position with big platform. Igbo nollywood died when they started mass creation of low budget movies and the Yoruba used this opportunity to take advantage of an already built brand - it's not bad as we're all Nigerians. But give glory to whom it's due.

Even in music, Yorubas only started dominating since about 5 years ago.

Did you read the write up at all.
Education is the ability to unlearn and learn.
Yorubas actually pioneered nollywood but lost track at some points.
But nollywood was started by Yorubas, that’s the point of the op.

LagosPrince:

Na Igbo get Nollywood

Yoruba get Nollywood yoruba since they couldn't break into the English version of Nollywood Epic

Igbo language couldn't sell hence the desperation of movies in English by Igbo actors

oyeludef:
Alaba business sense wey the rest of the world know as piracy

Because Una like "alaha" cheaper articles 🤠

Babaken:
Who dey drag am with Una, una think say na everytime person dey get time dey argue for waiten no get head.

I swear, for this early morning. Wetin bring this talk now abeg? Kai!!, nawawo. This country sha, people get problem ooo.

Ritchiee:

Nollywood is just a name,a nomenclature given by a US movie analyst just like Hollywood and Bollywood.
Does it mean that it is that analyst that started movies in Nigeria?

I can't start arguing things that we in the industry knows the truth.

Just be happy.

I was there when it all started

Una don come with this dick measuring contest. When una go leave tribalism and celebrate our diversity

itsene:

And those are the 3 Nigerians?

Every other movie studio came unde nollywood