Nollywood Exhibition In New York City

The exhibition is called "Sharon Stone in Abuja," after a 2003 Nollywood film, and is taking place at Location One gallery in the Soho district of New York. The exhibition has been up since November 5th and will be at the gallery until January 22nd. The exhibition was created by Zina Saro-Wiwa who is a British-Nigerian film-maker and founder of AfricaLab. The idea behind this was to pays homage to the 50 year old genre of Nollywood. The exhibition contains photographs and films inspired by the themes and style of Nollywood over the years.

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