Nollywood Babylon

6.1
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 74 min
  • Premiere: 2009. July 3.

Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the third-largest in the world--an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa. "Nollywood Babylon" is a feature documentary detailing the industry's phenomenal success. Propelled by a booming 1970s soundtrack of African underground music, the movie presents an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.

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Art

Gaspard Gaudreau

Title Designer

Camera

Dannielle Raymond

Digital Imaging Technician

Crew

Raoul Chacar

Transcriptions

Samir Mallal

Cinematography

Ben Addelman

Cinematography

Karim Idowu

Driver

Hélène Laporte-Rawji

Transcriptions

Directing

Ben Addelman

Director

Samir Mallal

Director

Editing

Marie Maquaire

Assistant Editor

Annie Ilkow

Editor

Françoise Laprise

Online Editor

Maēl Le Tolguenec

Assistant Editor

Lucile de Peslouan

Assistant Editor

Production

Ben Addelman

Producer

Galilé Marion-Gauvin

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Klinck

Researcher

Don Lobel

Associate Producer

Marcel Jean

Executive Producer

David Poulin

Production Manager

Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard

Post Production Coordinator

Christine Williams

Production Coordinator

Brigitte Sénéchal

Post Production Coordinator

Tope Idowu

Location Manager

Pat Dillon

Publicist

Ravida Din

Executive Producer

Samir Mallal

Producer

Dan Emery

Administration

Adam Symansky

Producer

Sound

Olivier Alary

Original Music Composer

Don Ayer

Sound Editor

Serge Boivin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

Art

Gaspard Gaudreau

Title Designer

Camera

Dannielle Raymond

Digital Imaging Technician

Crew

Raoul Chacar

Transcriptions

Samir Mallal

Cinematography

Ben Addelman

Cinematography

Karim Idowu

Driver

Hélène Laporte-Rawji

Transcriptions

Directing

Ben Addelman

Director

Samir Mallal

Director

Editing

Marie Maquaire

Assistant Editor

Annie Ilkow

Editor

Françoise Laprise

Online Editor

Maēl Le Tolguenec

Assistant Editor

Lucile de Peslouan

Assistant Editor

Production

Ben Addelman

Producer

Galilé Marion-Gauvin

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Klinck

Researcher

Don Lobel

Associate Producer

Marcel Jean

Executive Producer

David Poulin

Production Manager

Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard

Post Production Coordinator

Christine Williams

Production Coordinator

Brigitte Sénéchal

Post Production Coordinator

Tope Idowu

Location Manager

Pat Dillon

Publicist

Ravida Din

Executive Producer

Samir Mallal

Producer

Dan Emery

Administration

Adam Symansky

Producer

Sound

Olivier Alary

Original Music Composer

Don Ayer

Sound Editor

Serge Boivin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing