Nigeria "Most Prolific Filmmaker"

From the Progressive Policy Institute:

According to Screen Digest, the world's film hacks and auteurs shot 4,603 feature-length movies in 2005. Of this total, Asians accounted for 2,157 films, with about half done in India and Japan, China next in line. Latin production was a relatively modest 283 films. European filmmakers spent $5 billion to shoot 1,292 films, with French filmmakers spending the most and Iceland's directors shooting the most films per capita (10 for 300,000 people). American films, though second to India by shooting totals, are easily the most expensive and most widely shown. Off the list entirely, though, are the Nigeria's newly prolific "Nollywood" filmmakers...[continue reading]

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