{"id":2850,"date":"2017-12-03T01:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T00:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:57:03","slug":"360-videofabrik-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/works\/non-fiction\/360-videofabrik-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"360\u00b0 &#8211; Videofabrik Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">360 \u00b0 &#8211; Geo Reportage <br>Video Factory Nigeria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TV reportage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Production<\/strong><br>Medienkontor f\u00fcr Arte\/WDR\/NDR\/Discovery Channel<br>2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directed by<\/strong><br>Matthias Heeder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format<\/strong><br>SD PAL 16:9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Length<\/strong><br>28 Min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tech specs<\/strong><br>Sony DVW 790 DigiBeta<br>Sony VX 2000 DVCam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Li9rZOz4iYQ\" title=\"360\u00b0 Geo Reportage - Nigerian Film Industry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Li9rZOz4iYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The young film producer Kabat Esosa Egbon is fighting on many fronts. He has to tap friends and family for money, persuade actors to take part in his film, and placate camera-rental companies over long-overdue payments. Time is short \u2013 in the countless bars of Lagos, audiences are already impatiently waiting for his new video film.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/works\/non-fiction\/360-videofabrik-nigeria\/\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actors perform in a rather amateurish way, the technology works miserably, and the sets often consist of repurposed junk. Only the team\u2019s commitment and improvisational talent are unbeatable. For Kabat Esosa Egbon, that is enough. He wants to tell stories and make money doing it \u2013 that is his profession, he comes from an acting family. He is one of the young film producers trying to establish themselves in the Nigerian video market. Despite poverty and mismanagement, the industry is booming. Every year, 600 feature-length videos are produced and distributed through countless small retailers.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/works\/non-fiction\/360-videofabrik-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are no large cinemas. Instead, people gather in front of televisions: in small shacks in backyards, on street corners, or in one of the countless bars in the slums. There, around the clock, the films produced at record speed are shown. Nigerians\u2019 enthusiasm for these homegrown movies, full of myths and legends in which they recognize their own culture, turns imported blockbusters from Brazil and the USA into nothing more than dust collectors on the shelves.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/works\/non-fiction\/360-videofabrik-nigeria\/\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>360\u00b0 \u2013 GEO Reportage<\/em>&nbsp;observes filmmaker Kabat Esosa Egbon creating his new video project, which is soon set to captivate audiences all over Nigeria.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/works\/non-fiction\/360-videofabrik-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"360\u00b0 &#8211; Videofabrik Nigeria\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/works\/non-fiction\/360-videofabrik-nigeria\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 360\u00b0 &#8211; Videofabrik Nigeria\">Mehr &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-fiction","category-works","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3439,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions\/3439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christopher-rowe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}