Nollywood began with a videotape trader.

1992

The writer of Living in Bondage had no money, so he teamed up with Kenneth Nnebue, a businessman importing VHS tapes from Taiwan. They shot on a camcorder and sold it straight to video.

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• Living in Bondage and the birth of Nollywood1992 · Lagos. Shot on video and sold on cassettes, the Nigerian film Living in Bondage became a hit and proved films could be made cheaply and fast. It launched Nollywood, one of the world's largest film industries by output.

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