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The Documentary: Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman

Director Tope Oshin

25/10/2017 GMT

Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Nigeria: Shooting it Like a Woman

Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood

Award-winning screen director Tope Oshin celebrates a new generation of Nigerian women film-makers who are currently reinventing Nollywood, the largest and most prolific film industry in Africa. She explores their distinctive approach to telling screen stories that better represent women’s lives and aspirations in Nigeria today.

Tope pays tribute to the popular and inspirational film-maker Amaka Igwe who died in 2014 and meets some of the key women now shaking up gender stereotypes and winning awards. These include the formidable and outspoken Mildred Okwo, director of the political satire The Meeting, Michelle Bello director of the hit rom-com Flower Girl, Kemi Adetiba who directed last year’s box office winner The Wedding Party and Remi Vaughan Richards whose drama, Outspoken, cast a searing spotlight on the issue of child brides.

The directors reflect on how women are succeeding in a male-dominated industry despite the failure of the Nigerian parliament to pass the Gender Equality Bill, which would give legal support for equal pay and equal rights.

Producer: Mukti Jain Campion and Nadia Denton

(Photo: Director Tope Oshin holding a camera. Credit: Ritzy)

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