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- Date Issued:
- 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Glendora Review
- Description:
- This paper presents the problems of film makers and film making in Nigeria and points out how the problems are militating against the prospects of the Nigerian film industry. It proposes a radical restructing of the film industry in Nigeria in order to facilitate its indigenous development. To this end, it suggests the nationalization of the film distribution and exhibition sections so as to achieve a viable integration of the whole industry and to promote it as a vehicle for cultural-and socio-economic development of the people of Nigeria.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Africa Media Review
- Description:
- Nigeria and India have both attempted to use the film industry for development but in both cases the full potential of the medium has been stymied by lack of government support and a general feeling of disinterest among the nations' populations. But there are directors and producers in each country who are attempting to raise their voices above the commercially dominated noise of their respective country's cinema. Film could be a strong tool for development. It can be used to contribute to a feeling of nationhood, as a voice for national planning, to help teach necessary skills, to extend the effective market, to help people look to the future, and to prepare people to play a role in nation building. But without serious changes in the structure of government relations with the cinema in Nigeria and India changes may not come. A few directors and producers in each nation have started to use cinema for development, but their efforts must be fostered by the national government to be effective.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Africa Media Review