Back then when all Nigerian movies had little or no censorship, it was more about witches, wizards and ritualists

lordyugo:


Nope u r mixing apples nd oranges
Kenneth ws concise wit his assertion ,living in bondage was the first home movie nd d birth of nollywood and nobody ever said nigeria was lacking in theater artistry like stage plays, drama series on local tvs etc
Home movie is simply the commercialization of a movie industry(nollywood) and living in bondage ws the birth of it .
Nollywood is a movie industry and all the stage dramas on theatres nd plays on tv nvr translated to a movie industry

To slap sense into your life dey hungry me. But I no go satisfy my hunger. I go leave you make you display your foolishness well well before I intervene. Ode!

Businessideas:

You see.That is the problem with you young ones,lack of humility.
I just mentioned and listed films that are Nigerian films even with national popularity and you can easily and humbly read about them online.
There are films like Block busters like Aiye by Hubert Ogunde Group,Taxi Driver by Ade Love the father of the popular Afolayan brothers, Duro Ladipo group that were the awada kerikeri group, Baba Sala with that film he was shown committing suicide in a train track and so many other films of Nigerian actors and theater you may be too young to know and can easily read on.
Nollywood never started with living in bondage and it is pure ignorance to say that publicly.
The English-Igbo genre of Nigerian films came to the table very very very late and that's why it lacked depth like the preexisting genre of Nigerian films led by the Hubert Ogunde et al.
I just corrected and educated you with love

He said Living in Bondage marked the beginning of "Nollywood". The history of Nollywood, just like the history of Hollywood, is not necessarily synonymous with the history of the Nigerian (or American, in the case of Hollywood) film industry. The first Hollywood film was 'in Old California (1912)' but motion pictures began in the 1890s. And Hollywood rose because film makers moved west to escape the patent of Thomas Edison's film company.

The term itself (nollywood) is not even two decades old. The public's response to Living in Bondage triggered the mass production of these home videos which essentially became the nollywood industry; dubbed so, because of the evident growth in quantity of production which was then ambitiously compared with Hollywood. Evil passion, glamour boys, glamour girls, goodbye tomorrow(?), etc. These aren't the oldest Nigerian films, but they mark the beginning of an era in the Nigerian film industry - the Nollywood era.

Controversies on this issue arise for obvious reasons. We are a sectionalized people, and no group likes to let the other take credit for anything if it is even remotely arguable.

ninodaniel:

must u bring tribalism in everything? because Igbo's were kinda applauded for d movie u want to show us say u knw history pass us. my friend living in bondage is d first official nollywoood movie dt we watched. go and hang ur self... bad belle

You just shot yourself in the leg Ode. You said "that you watched" right? Of course. Civilisation got to you Igbos very late. So don't be offended my brother. The Yorubas were and still way ahead of you Igbos. So it's either you suck it in your skull or beef all your life. Your choice.
I know you will still quote me. Am waiting for another version of your foolishness.

Businessideas:

This is not the beginning of nollywood,this ignorance has to stop.
This beautiful film at best is the beginning of the English-Igbo genre of Nigerian films coming several decades after the Baba Sala,Ade Love,Hubert Ogunde etc of Nollywood.
This is how history is being corrupted and centuries later people will be parading different history of the same country.O ga o.
Even Nollywood itself is older than Kenneth Okonkwo himself.

You are right ... But earlier one where not commercially viable, when people talk about NOLLYWOOD they refer to the point of it becoming commercial viability

hollywater:
Someone was uploading photos telling us Yorubas are industrious than any tribes in Nigeria. Igbos rock.

ANOTHER EMPTY CHESTBEATING..LIST THOSE INDUSTRIOUS IGBOs !...AND LINK US TO THOSE PICTURES YORUBA POSTED WITHOUT THE BEARER PROFILE.ALL NAIRALANDERS KNOW THE KING OF PICTURES,THAT WILL BE COMPARING EBONYI GRA WITH IBADAN OF 1900!

You people noise is too much!

bilazego:



We know that Hubert Ogunde and co started movies in Nigeria but their films could only be watched at Cinema houses. Nigerian movies weren't popular then, only some Yorubas and foreigners in the movie industry knew about them. Not much was known about their films by other tribes of Nigeria. the movie - living him bondage and venture of Ibos into the movie industry in Nigeria gave it a name and international recognition. There's no doubt that Yorubas laid the foundation but the name Nollywood was non existent and you can't watch thier films at home i.e home video.

SIMPLE!

freshdude99:

You see the problem with Yoruba people in Nigeria. You keep mentioning Yoruba names and dramas as if to say life begins and ends in Lagos. Just as u guys were doing ur bits over there, the igbos were doing theirs too in eastern Nigeria and behold the igbos got the breakthrough first....
Let me even shock u the more, if bestsellers like "things fall apart" could come from the east as far back as then, what's made u think that there weren't other pioneers in other genres in eastern Nigeria. Abi is pa Hubert ogunde the first to act a play in the whole of Nigeria? Yoruba people and tribalism =5&6

Before I proceed to explain thing to you , with the hope that you put tribalism aside and put on your thinking and reasoning hat. I am not yoruba, not even close, probably more eastern than you.

Here are some dramas that Hubert did in his time Muritala Mohamed (1976)
Oree Niwon (1976)
Nigeria (1977)
Igba t' ode (1977)
Orisa N'la (1977)


And here are the films he did
Aiye (1980)
Jaiyesimi (1981)
Aropin (1982)
Ayanmo (1988)

Which earned him recognition from BBC
Man of the Theatre - BBC (1983)


Here is a link to wikipedia if you wish to know more

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Ogunde


As for the very ignorant fellow up there that said people could not go to cinemas to watch Hubert Ogunde's movies, I would let you know that cinemas in lagos , like pen cinemas back in day , as I was told by my grand parents were packed full of people eager to watch.

There is no helping you people, you would rather choose tribalism than the truth , even if its glaring...

Any other non meaningful quote , i wouldn't reply .

bilazego:


Let me tell you how the name Nollywood came about. Due to the rising popularity of home videos produced in Nigeria, some white men decided to visit Nigeria to see how they were able to become third largest film industry in the world within a short while. To cut story short, they were disappointed by the types of movie equipment they saw, they were expecting the types seen in Hollywood or something close to that and they said oh ”Not Hollywood". From then they named Nigerian movies Nollywood... Nollywood means not Hollywood! If you disagree with me ask Olu Jacobs.

NOLLYWOOD doesn't stand for "not HOLLYWOOD"
The name was simply coined from the letter "N" in the name "NIGERIA"

Businessideas:

Okay I see a small boy on the thread I expect should be intellectual.
Nollywood is a national heritage and it didn't start with Living in Bondage.
As you can see, others,even Samanja , from the north,were players in the Nollywood project before the English-Igbo genre of Nollywood.
It's a national shame if our young ones like you have a poor sense of our national history,hence I am intervening to educate you.Like I said,I don't do tribalism because I was born and raised among all the beautiful Nigerian tribes and there was no Nairaland to corrupt my patriotism when I was your age

I couldn't have said it better... nairaland is just corrupting this children. The facts are there, and once you show them, they immediately brand you or identify you with a tribe .

What a generation!

Living in Bondage,”the Igbo language movie directed byChris Obi Rapu,written by Kenneth Nnebue and Okechukwu Ogunjiofor (aka “Paulo”),for Kenneth Nnebue’s NEK Video Links in 1992, has become synonymous with the beginning of Nollywood, but the fact is, Nnebue actually produced 40 home videos in Yorùbá language before making his first Igbo language movie. The first Nigerian home video is“Ekun”in 1984 by thelate Muyideen Alade Aromire, a popular Yoruba actor, filmmaker and founder of Yotomi TV, who studied TV and film production in Cologne, Germany. The video in VHS format was made before Kenneth Nnebue’s first Yorùbá home video“Aje Ni’ya Mi”in 1989. Today, Nollywood, including Kannywood of the booming Hausa genre is attracting movie buffs, film students and film scholars and also investors.

luvinhubby:
The genesis of Nollywood, films were bankrolled those days by guys who were importing VHS cassettes as a material to be used for quick sales of their cassettes. The Igbo man's modest business sense has metamorphosed into a multi-billion dollar global movie industry.

God bless all genuine hustlers.

Coming from ogbeni lala.........Front page express.

You said it all

lalasticlala:
Veteran star actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, shared this throwback photo, a scene from his first film, "Living In Bondage" which was a HIT in 1992. After the film, home movies became popular.

He captioned the photo:



https://www.instagram.com/p/BXcbufEFYks/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_8a_OLiBg

Living in Bondage,”the Igbo language movie directed byChris Obi Rapu,written by Kenneth Nnebue and Okechukwu Ogunjiofor (aka “Paulo”),for Kenneth Nnebue’s NEK Video Links in 1992, has become synonymous with the beginning of Nollywood, but the fact is, Nnebue actually produced 40 home videos in Yorùbá language before making his first Igbo language movie. The first Nigerian home video is“Ekun”in 1984 by thelate Muyideen Alade Aromire, a popular Yoruba actor, filmmaker and founder of Yotomi TV, who studied TV and film production in Cologne, Germany. The video in VHS format was made before Kenneth Nnebue’s first Yorùbá home video“Aje Ni’ya Mi”in 1989. Today, Nollywood, including Kannywood of the booming Hausa genre is attracting movie buffs, film students and film scholars and also investors.

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darkid1:


Before I proceed to explain thing to you , with the hope that you put tribalism aside and put on your thinking and reasoning hat. I am not yoruba, not even close, probably more eastern than you.

Here are some dramas that Hubert did in his time Muritala Mohamed (1976)
Oree Niwon (1976)
Nigeria (1977)
Igba t' ode (1977)
Orisa N'la (1977)


And here are the films he did
Aiye (1980)
Jaiyesimi (1981)
Aropin (1982)
Ayanmo (1988)

Which earned him recognition from BBC
Man of the Theatre - BBC (1983)


Here is a link to wikipedia if you wish to know more

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Ogunde


As for the very ignorant fellow up there that said people could not go to cinemas to watch Hubert Ogunde's movies, I would let you know that cinemas in lagos , like pen cinemas back in day , as I was told by my grand parents were packed full of people eager to watch.

There is no help you people, you would rather choose tribalism than the truth , even if its glaring...

Any other non meaningful quote , i wouldn't reply .

Don't mind these fools jare. Even Jide Kosoko's Asiri Nla which was VHS was in 1990.

Only fools will believe Nollywood started with Living in Bondage

Nedsnow:

Now you just displayed your real self. A fool looking for others to make fools. Let me pray for you blooda. Sense fall on you like an Afghanistan RPG. Amen.
You can go now. You are free

go to ur Oduduwa juju movie and leave our nollywood alone, u can't reap where u didn't sow

ELKHALIFAISIS:
go to ur Oduduwa juju movie and leave our nollywood alone, u can't reap where u didn't sow

I would have loved to recommend one baba in Ijebu Ode that can cure you now, but I will let it pass. Your show of foolishness is the type your Mr Ibu brother will like to imitate for his next movie. So go on. Am so enjoying it

Chukazu:

NOLLYWOOD doesn't stand for "not HOLLYWOOD" The name was simply coined from the letter "N" in the name "NIGERIA"

Do your research

Businessideas:

You see.That is the problem with you young ones,lack of humility.
I just mentioned and listed films that are Nigerian films even with national popularity and you can easily and humbly read about them online.
There are films like Block busters like Aiye by Hubert Ogunde Group,Taxi Driver by Ade Love the father of the popular Afolayan brothers, Duro Ladipo group that were the awada kerikeri group, Baba Sala with that film he was shown committing suicide in a train track and so many other films of Nigerian actors and theater you may be too young to know and can easily read on.
Nollywood never started with living in bondage and it is pure ignorance to say that publicly.
The English-Igbo genre of Nigerian films came to the table very very very late and that's why it lacked depth like the preexisting genre of Nigerian films led by the Hubert Ogunde et al.
I just corrected and educated you with love

The nonsense thing they keep telling the new generation is that Ogunde and Co films were on celluloids not on Vhs.

And the funniest is that "living in bondage" was not the first film on Vhs.

Nedsnow:

I would have loved to recommend one baba in Ijebu Ode that can cure you now, but I will let it pass. Your show of foolishness is the type your Mr Ibu brother will like to imitate for his next movie. So go on. Am so enjoying it

Bro which side of the planet did you wake up from, why you carry this stuff for head like plantain chips and cursing people up and down. I don't understand

Nedsnow:
God!!! See foolishness at its peak.

who is this one biko nu

Nedsnow:
God!!! See foolishness at its peak.

who is this one biko nu

Nedsnow:

I would have loved to recommend one baba in Ijebu Ode that can cure you now, but I will let it pass. Your show of foolishness is the type your Mr Ibu brother will like to imitate for his next movie. So go on. Am so enjoying it

we are not going to accommodate you in our nollywood nah by force u won't reap where u didn't sow. kwantinua with ur lowly, classless yellowbar movie

kittykollinxx:
I used to respect this man until he started making mouth about his sexual prowess

That is one aspect of his life that is very dark. This guy had being married more than four times because he can not be faithful to one person

luvinhubby:


Baba sala was more of a tv comedy series, chief Hubert Ogunde was more of stage drama, Ade love was produced for tvs mainly.
Living in bondage was done as a commercial project and distributed as a home movie, the commercialisation was the intro into the movie world in Nigeria.

You do not know me, so stop referring to me as 'young one'.

I agree with you!
Baba Sala, chief Hubert Ogunde are in the class of Village Headmaster, Ichoku, and others. They are TV series unlike Living in Bondage and the rest

Businessideas:

This is not the beginning of nollywood,this ignorance has to stop.
This beautiful film at best is the beginning of the English-Igbo genre of Nigerian films coming several decades after the Baba Sala,Ade Love,Hubert Ogunde etc of Nollywood.
This is how history is being corrupted and centuries later people will be parading different history of the same country.O ga o.
Even Nollywood itself is older than Kenneth Okonkwo himself.

My friend stop it, what was their movie industry called then? even before nollywood was founded so many of them was into acting, like Pete edochie etc, nollywood was bankrolled by Igbo businessmen at Iweka, Alaba, idumota, Aba and few in surulere

Nedsnow:

You seriously lack manners. Quote me make Ayelala fire you. I don't wanna know your age. Your comment alone shows you are a complete ignorant fool. Like I said. Quote me make Ayelala fire u.

You are a compound buffoon and a senseless slowpoke that is a waste of human space. A bigot and wild animal without parental training.

Ezi ofia !

Nbote:
Living in bondage!!(Clap 3 times)
Part 1 Part 2!!(Clap 2 times)
Merit don die!! (Clap 3 times)
Na who kill am!! (Clap 3 times)
Na Andy Kill am!! (Clap 3 times)
Becos of Wetin!! (Clap 3 times)
Becos of Blood money!! (Clap 3 times)
Clap for Andy!! Clap for Andy!!
Him don do bad thing!! Him don do bad thing!!

If U didn't sing and play to dis kiddies playground song culled from Living in Bondage movie den U shld address me as Uncle.. Andy was wretched and was convinced by his friend Paulo to join d big boys by joining their ritual brotherhood to gain riches. He did and ended up using his beautiful wife Merritt as d sacrificial lamb.. Her ghost ended up haunting d living daylight put of dem.

Some of us didn't have to sing it because we were already uncles at the time.

Businessideas:

This is not the beginning of nollywood,this ignorance has to stop.
This beautiful film at best is the beginning of the English-Igbo genre of Nigerian films coming several decades after the Baba Sala,Ade Love,Hubert Ogunde etc of Nollywood.
This is how history is being corrupted and centuries later people will be parading different history of the same country.O ga o.
Even Nollywood itself is older than Kenneth Okonkwo himself.

If it pains u let it. Nollywood started around the 90s. What u re depecting is an era before nollywood.when there was mostly theatre acts and cinema release. Nollywood is the period when like the person u quoted people simply brought movies on vhs cassette. Beside nollywood was coined out from bollywood. I doubt during the ogunde era such could have coined out. What u should have said is film industry people started this and that. Like I said free the man u re the one corrupting history.

Nedsnow:

So to you now, Nollywood means home video. . You be professional fool i swear. Ayelala is on your case.

Ode oshi! Read this below.

Definition of which films are considered Nollywood has always been a subject of debate. Alex Eyengho defined Nollywood as "the totality of activities taking place in the Nigerian film industry, be it in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Itsekiri, Edo, Efik, Ijaw, Urhobo or any other of the over 300 Nigerian languages". He further stated that "the historical trajectory of Nollywood started since the pre and post independent Nigeria, with the theatrical (stage) and cinematic (celluloid)) efforts of the likes of Chief Hubert Ogunde, Chief Amata, Baba Sala, Ade Love, Eddie Ugboma and a few others"

Was there anything or industry called Nollywood before 1992?

A personal opinion is to you the collective definition of a thing.

Onuku without sense is better than you.

nwabobo:


Some of us didn't have to sing it because we were already uncles at the time.

Arrrgghh!! Dat means u are qualified for ancestorship b dat..

Nedsnow:

So to you now, Nollywood means home video. . You be professional fool i swear. Ayelala is on your case.

Ode oshi! Read this below.

Definition of which films are considered Nollywood has always been a subject of debate. Alex Eyengho defined Nollywood as "the totality of activities taking place in the Nigerian film industry, be it in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Itsekiri, Edo, Efik, Ijaw, Urhobo or any other of the over 300 Nigerian languages". He further stated that "the historical trajectory of Nollywood started since the pre and post independent Nigeria, with the theatrical (stage) and cinematic (celluloid)) efforts of the likes of Chief Hubert Ogunde, Chief Amata, Baba Sala, Ade Love, Eddie Ugboma and a few others"

Another copy and paste slowpoke!

Now who is Alex Eyengho that we should accept his definition?