When you
hear Nollywood, what comes to mind is cheap, low quality and distasteful films
but... a very Big BUT, that is just one side of the story.
There are
two types of Nollywood; One Nollywood is the 'just do it' despite little fund
because we are passionate about telling our own stories, another Nollywood is
Ambitious. One Nollywood says give me a camera and few thousands of dollars and
I will make a film, another Nollywood says give me the right budget and then
I'll make the blockbustermovie. One Nollywood says give me a chance and then
I'll prove myself another Nollywood says prove yourself first and then you'll
get a chance.
One
Nollywood lives in the optimism of our hearts, another Nollywood thrives in the
mediocrity of our minds. One Nollywood wants, the other Nollywood hopes. One
Nollywood leads, the other Nollywood follows. One Nollywood is satisfied with
local audience, another Nollywood craves global appeal.
These
conversions are on the rise, with each passing day, more and more filmmakers from
the other Nollywood are coming over to the other side though quietly while the
world is not looking. A pulsating dynamic new Nollywood is emerging. A Nollywood
whose faith in success is far greater than its fear of failure. A Nollywood
that no longer gather half baked professionals as film crew but go the extra
mile to hire crews who knows their onions.
History they
say is a bad motorist, it rarely ever signals its intentions that its taking a
turn. This is that rarely of a moment, history is turning a page. For over
three decades, Nollywood has run, stumbled, rolled over, got up and dusted
herself and continued but now in the wake of our fame as the 2nd largest movie
producing country in the world, critics and observers see Nollywood as one
thing and one thing only. And one Nollywood, a tiny little voice in back of the
head, is looking at the structures in
place and wants to resume business as usual but the other Nollywood is looking
up at the sky and saying, it is time to fly.
