The focus was to discuss the potentials of positioning Nollywood in the UK as a commercially viable transnational cinema form. Odugbemi said the transnational aspirations of Nollywood increasingly require that such data gathering be prioritised to attract key investors. Shabaka Thompson, former Acting CEO of Nottinghill Carnival, UK and CEO, Carnival Village, London, spoke on Attracting Caribbean Audiences to Nollywood films. She proposed that the strategic recommitment of Nollywood to raising production-capital from its community networks would help its UK transnational drive. She said that transnational Nollywood should more consciously engage with the successful African culture of Osusu savings and loan structure, which predates colonialism and gofundme.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2020 04:18 UTC