So true! ----- Original Message ----- From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 7:19:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Article: African Americans tune into Nollywood
I believe in the Redoubtable Science of Paradox (that everything you expect or believe turns out to be something else altogether). You would think with all the channels and devices you mention below there would be more opportunity, diversity and avenues of distribution but there is less. The entities controlling the product and dissemination should have become more plentiful but instead became consolidated and controlled by fewer and fewer really big players. Even on the internet anything unique and original is quickly bought and co-opted. My Space is gulped up by Rupert Murdock; You Tube is swallowed by Google. The end result is actors and artists continue to get squeezed and it is even harder to break in. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > I say more power to them. Living here in America--with DVD's, Hulu, VCRs, > hundreds of channels, Blockbuster, iPods--we indeed forget how expensive all > these things are. We forget that even the poorest people in America can > sometimes manage to get cable TV, or at least TV using "rabbit ears", maybe > even take in a movie now and then. You have countries like Germany were no > talent hacks like Uwe Bole get subsidized by the government to make bad > films. As you say, none of that exists in Nigeria. And just as black > Americans revolutionized everything from basketball (ball and a goal, rather > cheap fun versus, say, ice hockey or golf) to rap (the voice is the cheapest > instrument around), I celebrate their pluck and innovation in doing what they > can with less resources. And you know, the movies may be crude and > repetitive, but they provide work for a few people, give people a way to hone > their craft, and provide entertainment to the masses. > Keep on keepin' on, I say/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 12:55:27 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Article: African Americans tune into Nollywood > > > > > > > I think that the problem is that people forget how expensive it is to make a > movie. Just renting the camera can be $5-10,000 a day. (digital video is a > blessing) This forces people into doing a very short shooting schedule of 4 > or 5 days unlike hollywood. add to that the crew, permits etc (it can cost > $5000 or more to shoot in San Francisco on the street with all of the > permits. Most directors can't afford it so they do it illegally.) On top of > that there is editing, sound and post production, music licensing etc. A > simple film can be $1,000,000 while a bigger film can cost $20 million. > > In Nigeria none of this exists. They don't have the cash, the crew, or > expertise yet. BUT, I think that there will be some directors sooner or later > that will get tired of making the melodramas that they are putting out and > break the mold. It is just a matter of time. I would love to see some stories > with a distinct african feel to them. What happened in Hong Kong, and in > Bollywood is happening in Nigeria right now. > > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Milton Davis < mv_media_...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > Black folks are so desperate for entertainment including them that they'll > settle for less, i.e. Nollywood, urban lit. I see nothing wrong with > Nollywood as long as the craft improves with time. > The statement that made me laugh was 'Black Hollywood.' Am I missing > something? A black hollywood exists? The only persons in 'Black Hollywood' is > Spike Lee, Tyler Perry and T.D. Jakes. Wesley will be doing time soon so he > doesn't count anymore. (Note to self; when MVmedia blows up, pay taxes!) That > straight to DVD stuff isn't much better that Nollywood movies. If I see one > more wacky hip-hop comedy starring rappers and strippers I'll scream! I know > the Hudlin Brothers and Mr. Singleton are lurking in the shadows, but none of > them produce enough work to claim the title of Black Hollywood. > > I wish there was a 'Black Hollywood.' (sigh) > --- On Sat, 8/1/09, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@... > wrote: > > > > From: Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@... > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Article: African Americans tune into Nollywood > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 4:25 AM > > > > > Nollywood. I think I am going to be packing my bags shortly. > > http://newsone. com/nation/ african-american s-tune-into- nollywood/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
