This Is Nollywood

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = This is Nollywood | image = Nollywood 9.jpg | caption = DOP Bond Emeruwa and crew shoot a scene | director = Franco Sacchi | producer = Cargo Film & Releasing | writer = | starring = | distributor = | released = {{film date|2007}} | runtime = 55 minutes | country = United States | language = | budget = | gross = | screenplay = | cinematography = Franco Sacchi Robert Caputo | editing = Franco Sacchi | music = Alan Perez Ted Corrigan Antibalas }}

'''''This Is Nollywood''''' is a 2007 Nigerian documentary film by Franco Sacchi and Robert Caputo{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}, detailing the Nigerian film industry, much along the same lines as the acclaimed 2007 documentary ''Welcome to Nollywood'' by Jamie Meltzer{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

The documentary follows the production of ''Check Point'', during which various members of the Nigerian filmmaking community discuss their industry, defend the types of films they make and the impact they have, and describe common difficulties they encounter, from hectic shooting schedules to losing electricity mid-shoot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thisisnollywood.com/film.htm|title=Official Website|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref>

== Synopsis == ''This is Nollywood'' follows Nigerian director Bond Emeruwa filming feature-length action movie ''Check Point'' in nine days on the outskirts of Lagos.

== Awards == * Festival Internacional de Abuja 2007{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

==See also== *''Welcome to Nollywood'' *''Nollywood Babylon'' *''List of Nigerian films of 2006''

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=1087659|title=This Is Nollywood}} *[http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0199 Film page on Newsreel.org] * {{RefFCAT|465}}

Category:Documentary films about the cinema of Africa Category:2007 documentary films Category:2007 films Category:Nigerian documentary films Category:2007 English-language films Category:English-language documentary films