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From the Ted Talk by Franco Sacchi: A tour of Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry

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(viedo) Toyin Alousa: Nollywood is the best thing that can happen to them. If you have an industry that puts a smile on people's face, that’s Nollywood. SO: I believe very soon, we’re not only going to have better movies, we'll have that original nairgien movie. BE: It’s still the same basic tehmes. Love, action. But we're telling it our own way, our own Nigerian way, African way. We have diverse cultures, deisrve cultures, there are so many, that in the natal lifetimes, I don't see us exhausting the stories we have.

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(_____) Toyin Alousa: Nollywood is the best thing that can happen to them. If you have an industry that puts a smile on people's face, that’s Nollywood. SO: I believe very soon, we’re not only going to have better movies, we'll have that original ________ movie. BE: It’s still the same basic ______. Love, action. But we're telling it our own way, our own Nigerian way, African way. We have diverse cultures, _______ cultures, there are so many, that in the natal lifetimes, I don't see us exhausting the stories we have.

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  1. nigerian
  2. video
  3. diverse
  4. themes

Original Text

(Video) Toyin Alousa: Nollywood is the best thing that can happen to them. If you have an industry that puts a smile on people's face, that’s Nollywood. SO: I believe very soon, we’re not only going to have better movies, we'll have that original Nigerian movie. BE: It’s still the same basic themes. Love, action. But we're telling it our own way, our own Nigerian way, African way. We have diverse cultures, diverse cultures, there are so many, that in the natal lifetimes, I don't see us exhausting the stories we have.

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