Breaking News: Nollywood Icon Amaka Igwe is dead
The sad incident occurred in Enugu where she had gone, in company of her husband, for pre-production preparations for a new Igbo soap.
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#NECLIVE: Who gets this year's NET Honours?
Other than looking forward to the six different sessions holding at this year’s conference, everyone will be anticipating who make this year’s honours list.
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NET SPECIAL FEATURE: The most influential people in Nigeria’s entertainment industry
They are artistes, actors, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even controversies; their works shape lives, habits and societies; their actions have led to some of the decisions that have stirred the industry in its current direction. These remarkable men and women, with lasting and laudable influence, do not necessarily make the most poplar people in the industry, but their actions carry a lot of weight; with the hope of the future resting on their shoulders...
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VIDEO: Confessions of an unapologetic commercial filmmaker, by Amaka Igwe
Amaka Igwe says 'Nollywood is a global movement'.
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Chris Ihidero Unedited: Writing 101 – How to write without inspiration
Muse descends on you in a moment and the world acclaims your genius; she departs you for a long spell and the world labels you a one-hit wonder, one whose inspiration has dried up...
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Reflections from an unapologetic commercial Nollywood filmmaker – by Amaka Igwe
The growth should be driven by infrastructure required to service the existing market and the new markets which are developing. We need to restructure the guild or the guild needs to look at what other guilds elsewhere are doing, check what other guilds do for their people. Nollywood should be ready to make a move in film-making skills and techniques.
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Read Frank Nweke Jnr.'s opening speech at Nigerian Entertainment Conference
Entertainment plays a pivotal role in society as a stress and tension diffuser. Many of us will remember a great book, song, beautiful theatrical performance or amazing movie because of the profound impact they had on us at certain moments when we were down or even at such times when we are happy and therefore serve to reinforce our state of emotional well being, however transient it may be...
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Chris Ubosi, Keke Ogungbe, Kola Oyeyemi, Amaka Igwe and Frank Nweke inspire change at Nigerian Entertainment Conference
With central issues identified as lack of systems, funding, education, infrastructure, investments, policy enforcement, flight of talents, compensation, exploitation and practitioners' welfare, each speaker expressed desire for change, using statistics to highlight what was, what is, what should be, and what could be; while making relevant comparison with similar industries in Europe and America.
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KSA, K1, Femi Kuti, D'banj, Don Jazzy, Jimmy JATT, others honoured at Nigerian Entertainment Conference
The Nigerian Entertainment Conference which showcased very interesting sessions ranging from the areas of music, movies, business, media and CSR, ended with some of Nigeria’s most notable entertainment practitioners receiving NET honours (Honorary awards).
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‘Nollywood is a global movement’ – Amaka Igwe
To do justice to the topic ‘The Nollywood paradigm-reflection of an apologetic commercial Nollywood filmmaker’ was ace Nollywood writer, producer and director, Amaka Igwe...
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