NOLLYWOOD AND PENTECOSTALISM: Preaching Salvation, Propagating the Supernatural

Since the inception of cinema, religion has constituted an essential element of screen images. With the production of its inaugural film, Living in Bondage (1992), Nollywood —the cinema of Nigeria and the world's second largest film industry—established itself within cinema's tradition of...

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Published in:Cross currents (New Rochelle, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2020-09, Vol.70 (3), p.206-219
Main Author: Azuawusiefe, Chijioke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catholicism
Christianity
Christians
Denominations
Distinctive features
Film industry
Genre
Mass media images
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Movie production
Occult sciences
Pentecostal churches
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalists
Pentecostals
Production and direction
Public spaces
Religion
Religious traditions
Social life & customs
Supernatural
Traditions
Unexplained phenomena
Witchcraft
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