Wednesday, August 11, 2010

nollywood babylon

first of all lancelot is a bad-ass. As the movie director that is followed in this documentary, he has a burning ambition, passion and love for the movie industry, including all its unwelcoming elements, that can carry you through the entire film in an effortless wave.

they say america has colonialised the world through its movies and music. but the nigerian movie makers assert they aren't copyists, and communicate their life as it is. the country is a continuing integration of indigenous roots involving a large degree of occultism with christian european colonialism as well as islamic 'evangelism'. Although the influence of islam in the film was trite to non-existent, the clash/reconciliation between western christian ideals and african ancestral custom was said to be in a transition phase. and maybe at the moment seemingly in a perpetual transition phase that could take generations to overcome.

[this is the whole pastiche thing again].

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