{"id":35441,"date":"2023-02-10T15:46:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/event\/comtalk-the-evolution-of-nollywood\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T16:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:23:11","slug":"comtalk-the-evolution-of-nollywood","status":"publish","type":"bu-event","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/event\/comtalk-the-evolution-of-nollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"COMtalk The Evolution of Nollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Evolution of Nollywood: COMtalk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7n2YGrm3XLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>With a huge global audience within the Black diaspora, Nollywood is one of the fastest growing film industries in the world. Netflix has invested 40+ million dollars to stream two categories on its platform: Made by Africa and Nollywood Movies and TV. How has Nollywood become a powerhouse in a short time with the fraction of the money available to the US, India, and other leading film industries? How will it maintain its position as the second largest film industry in the world? What will be Nollywood\u2019s future?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a huge global audience within the Black diaspora, Nollywood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_event_starts":"1676577600","_editor_event_starts":"2023-02-16 15:00:00","_event_ends":"1676581200","_editor_event_ends":"2023-02-16 16:00:00","_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Nollywood_COMtalk","_event_id":"279111","_online_event":true,"_featured_event":false,"_api_data":"{\"starts\":1676577600,\"ends\":1676581200,\"summary\":\"COMtalk The Evolution of Nollywood\",\"location\":\"Zoom\",\"id\":279111,\"oid\":null,\"url\":\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Nollywood_COMtalk\",\"allday\":null,\"topics\":\"379,8328\",\"recurs\":null,\"when\":\"3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Thursday, February 16, 2023\",\"description\":\"With a huge global audience within the Black diaspora, Nollywood is one of the fastest growing film industries in the world. Netflix has invested 40+ million dollars to stream two categories on its platform: Made by Africa and Nollywood Movies and TV. How has Nollywood become a powerhouse in a short time with the fraction of the money available to the US, India, and other leading film industries? How will it maintain its position as the second largest film industry in the world? What will be Nollywood&rsquo;s future?\",\"start_date\":\"2023-02-16\",\"end_date\":\"2023-02-16\",\"start_time\":\"20:00:00\",\"end_time\":\"21:00:00\",\"priority\":\"0\",\"status\":\"0\",\"class\":\"0\",\"owner\":\"ermyjs\",\"created_on\":\"2023-02-10 20:21:48\",\"modified_by\":\"ermyjs\",\"modified_on\":\"2023-02-10 20:21:51\",\"timezone\":\"US\/Eastern\",\"short_summary\":\"\",\"published\":\"1\",\"short_title\":\"\"}"},"interest":[],"discipline-type":[],"event-topic":[1422,1412],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event\/35441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interest?post=35441"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=35441"},{"taxonomy":"event-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-topic?post=35441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}