Film Content Evaluation: Nollywood in the Mirror of African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)

Authors

  • Stanislaus Iyorza Theatre and Media Studies Department University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v5i9.1011

Keywords:

AMAA, Evaluation, Film, Jury, Nollywood.

Abstract

Worried by the drastic decline in the quality of content of Nigerian movies as evaluated by critics, this paper analyzes the evaluation of Nigerian movies by the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) between 2006 and 2016. The objective is to review the decisions of the AMAA jury and to present the academy’s position on the prospects and deficiencies of the Nigerian Movie industry. The paper employs analytical research approach using both primary and secondary sources to explore assessed contents of the Nollywood movies and how far the industry has fared in the mirror of a renowned African movie assessor like AMAA. This paper assembles data of the awards of AMAA since inception and graphically presents the data. Findings reveal a sharp drop in quality of content of Nigerian movies over the years with a hope of an upsurge as adjudged by AMAA since 2006. The study recommends the private sector’s all round support to Nollywood and the federal government’s training or retraining of filmmakers as well as sustained funding for the steady development of the Nigerian movie industry.  

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2016-10-03

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