makib:

why should the inetrnational community watch nollywood films?
its like watching a bunch of school kids drama. No story line, no suspence, stolen sound tracks, bad acting and directing(in some), use of sub standard recording equipment.

Ajisafe:
Hello, folks! I personally agreed with everything this American cinematographer had to say about the so-called "Nigerian Film Industry." I have always believed that the "NFI" is nothing, but mediocrity. And instead of calling a spade a spade, we tend to celebrate these mediocres (actors, actresses, directors, who themselves need to be directed, producers, who put rubbish out because of money, and just about everybody in this non-existing "industry"; I believe they can do better! What say you all?
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Americans don't watch Nigerian movies, says Wishengrad
* Faults the name Nollywood
JUST when practitioners of the nations home video sector popularly called Nollywood are rolling out drums in celebration of the perceived success of Nigerian movies in places like the United States and Europe, they may be taken aback with the information that Americans don't watch our local movies!

Marc Wishengrad, Emmy nominated Director of Photography, one of the resource persons at the just concluded SHOOT 2005, a cinematography workshop organised by the Nigerian Film Corporation in collaboration with UK based Refuge Island Media and sponsored by FujiFilm International, in his rather blunt manner declared at the Hill Station Hotel, Jos, Plateau State, where he stayed during the workshop, that "an average American does not give a damn about Nigerian movies. They don't watch your movies and that is the truth."

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/arts/article02/040805

omon:
You guys have forgotten that these films are its infancy and made with limited funds. There will be growth by the time more investors come into the sector. Who really cares about what the American got to say? When Hollywood started, it was rubbished this way too. Criticism is good, but it should not be done with sarcasm like the American did. Nigerian films are being watched all over Africa and it is still growing..... With more money in the pockets, better films will be made. How many British films have you watched to find out that are just rubbish?

So it is wrong to totally ridicule the efforts these guys are putting in. There are quacks in the industry, yes, but the number of professionals are growing. there are growing number of Nigerians based abroad that are producing Nigerian films these days, and it is getting better.