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    This document discusses the origins and early history of the film industry in Nigeria. It notes that the first films screened in Nigeria were in 1903 and were documentary in nature, showing scenes from England. A Federal Film Unit was established by the colonial administration in 1947 to produce documentary films and newsreels. These films were distributed through various organizations to school premises, village halls, and other public spaces. However, colonial films largely featured Nigerians in minor roles and failed to significantly transfer film technology to Nigeria.

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    This document discusses the origins and early history of the film industry in Nigeria. It notes that the first films screened in Nigeria were in 1903 and were documentary in nature, showing scenes from England. A Federal Film Unit was established by the colonial administration in 1947 to produce documentary films and newsreels. These films were distributed through various organizations to school premises, village halls, and other public spaces. However, colonial films largely featured Nigerians in minor roles and failed to significantly transfer film technology to Nigeria.

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    This document discusses the origins and early history of the film industry in Nigeria. It notes that the first films screened in Nigeria were in 1903 and were documentary in nature, showing scenes from England. A Federal Film Unit was established by the colonial administration in 1947 to produce documentary films and newsreels. These films were distributed through various organizations to school premises, village halls, and other public spaces. However, colonial films largely featured Nigerians in minor roles and failed to significantly transfer film technology to Nigeria.

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    INTRODUCTION

    The origin of Film Industry


    The history of the film industry in Nigeria could be traced to the pre-independence
    era. The first film (not video film) was exhibited in August 1903 at the Clover
    Memorial hall Lagos.
    According to Alfred Opubor and Onoura Nwuneli (1979:2), “The medium of film
    was itself new in those days, and still technically in its infancy. Content was
    largely documentary. The first showings in Lagos, according to the Lagos
    Standard, included scenes of a steamer moving through water, shown with the
    vividness of life, and scenes of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1904. One of
    these newsreels also presented a brief glimpse of the Alake of Abeokuta, a Yoruba
    king of western Nigeria during a visit he made to England.
    Hyginus Ekwuazi (2001: 4) records that, colonialism privileged the documentary
    film, but in this case, the films were made from the political-economic imperative
    of fostering cohesion and orientation within the colonial framework. He adds that
    in the early films, the colonized i.e. the indigenes functioned in only minor roles
    and that colonial cinema failed to achieve any meaningful transfer of technology.
    Alfred
    Opubor and Nwueli (1979) record that in 1947; a Federal Film Unit was
    established by the colonial
    Administration and most of the films coming in then were supplied by the central
    office of information in London. They note that the unit produced only
    documentary films and newsreel, and that though film production was not really
    encouraged, the colonial office of information made sure the documentaries
    produced by the Post Office unit in London were given sufficient distribution
    through the British Council and such other bodies like the Church Missionary
    Society (CMS) in Nigeria. They record that school premises, village halls, open
    spaces, civic centers, proved to be adequate theatres for the screening of the films;
    this was complimented with mobile film units - van, a 16mm projector, a reel of
    16mm and a collapsible screen.

    References
    REFERENCE

    Highet,Juliet.(2010).InsideNollywood.NewAfrican,494,pg18-19.

    Http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/population

    Moudio, Rebecca. (2013). Nigeria’s Film Industry: a Potential Gold Mine? From

    http://www.un.org

    Murphy, D. (2000). Africans filming Africa: questioning theories of an authentic

    African cinema. Journal Of African Cultural Studies, 13(2), 239-249.

    doi:10.1080/13696810050218604

    Obayiuwana, Osasu. (2011). Nollywood pulls in the dollars. New African, 510, pg

    80-82. Oguine, I. (2004).

    Nollywood looks to the future. New Internationalist, (372), 5.


    Reference
    Asobele-Timothy S.J (2003) Yoruba Cinema of Nigeria. Lagos. Upper Standard
    Publication.
    Barber,Karin(2000) The Generation of plays: Yoruba Popular Life in Theatre
    .
    Bloomington. USA. Indiana
    University Press.

    Bepo, Ademiju (2007)' Fimiliar Flips, New Illusion and Creative Symbols:
    The Playwright, Video Technology and the Generation Challenged', in Beyond the
    screen, The Motion
    Picture Industry. Jos, National Film Institute.
    Ekwuazi, Hyginus (1987) Film in Nigeria, Jos .Moonlight Publishers.

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