{"product_id":"nollywood-the-making-of-a-film-empire-paperback","title":"Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Witt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did Nigeria create the second largest movie industry in the world?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNollywood began in Nigeria in the 1990s and has grown into one of the most recognized cultural centers of the world, producing more movies every year than Hollywood and almost as many as Bollywood. Emily Witt travels to Nigeria to offer a vivid, rollicking tour of the industry today, from the back alleys of the marketplaces of Lagos to the glamour of a red-carpet premiere, from startups trying to digitalize what has been largely an economy based on piracy to the shooting of a historic epic in the northern city of Jos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid electricity cuts, fuel scarcity, and countless other obstacles, Nigerians are pursuing the very real possibility that Nollywood dramas could become a global brand, as recognizable as the Bollywood musical, the Hong Kong kung fu flick, or the Hollywood blockbuster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Emily Witt blends monograph with vivid reportage in her latest offering: a short but sweet study of Nigerian cinema.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Witt\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer in New York City. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, n+1, The London Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other places. She has degrees from Brown University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and Cambridge University, and was a Fulbright scholar in Mozambique. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eFuture Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016 by Farrar, Straus \u0026amp; Giroux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47401629089970,"sku":"9780997126488","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/43f96fafdb6b098b0ebf0e8602c9b027.webp?v=1778097467","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/nollywood-the-making-of-a-film-empire-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}