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"Nollywood," a new documentary that premiered on Al Jazeera English yesterday, July 28, 2015, is now available to watch in full online. It provides an insider look at Nigeria’s prolific film industry, which makes more films than Hollywood – 50 a week. Only India’s Bollywood makes more. Contributing to the documentary are leading Nollywood directors like James Omokwe, Kunle Afolayan, Mildred Okwo, Obi Emelonye, Stanlee Ohikhuare, Tunde Kelani, and Udoka Oyeka, as well as acclaimed actors Bimbo Manuel, Genevieve Nnaji, Joke Silva, Kiki Omeili, Mercy Johnson, Olu Jacobs and Ramsey Nouah. The documentary is embedded at the bottom of this post. I don't know if you have read...

I can’t recall any film made either by an African American, or an African filmmaker that deals with the sensitive subject of breast cancer, which is why I thought this film by Nigerian filmmaker Udoka Oyeka stood out.It’s called Living Funeral, and it will make its U.S. premiere at next month’s Pan African Film Festival in L.A., before hitting the film festival circuit elsewhere. It follows a family dealing with their daughter’s and sister’s terminal breast cancer diagnosis. According to Oyeka, his film’s focus was to “find a story that would draw emotions out of people and make them feel what is it like to live with this disease or love someone who does. We really...