This is a list of Nigerian films released in the 1970s.
Films
edit| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||||||
| Kongi's Harvest | Ossie Davis | Drama | Adapted from the 1965 play by Wole Soyinka[1] | |||
| 1971 | ||||||
| Things Fall Apart[citation needed] | Hans Jürgen Pohland | Drama | Based on the 1958's novel by Chinua Achebe | |||
| 1972 | ||||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Bull Frog in the Sun | Sanya Dosunmu | |||||
| 1975 | ||||||
| Dinner with the Devil | Sanya Dosunmu
Wole Amele |
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| Amadi | Ola Balogun | Biography | the first notable Nigerian historical film on celluloid | |||
| 1976 | ||||||
| Countdown at Kusini | Ossie Davis | Action, Drama | American-Nigerian co-production, mainly known as Cool Red | |||
| Shehu Umar | Adamu Halilu | Drama | ||||
| Ajani Ogun | Ola Balogun | Musical | ||||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Bisi, Daughter of the River | Jab Adu
Joseph Abiodun Babajide |
Fantasy | One of the highest grossing Nigerian films to date | |||
| The Rise and Fall of Dr. Oyenuzi | Eddie Ugbomah | |||||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Musik-Man | Ola Balogun | Musical | ||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Black Goddess[2] | Ola Balogun | Drama, History | Nigerian-Brazilian co-production, screened at the 1980 Carthage Film Festival | |||
| Ija Ominira | Drama | |||||
| Aiye | Drama, Family | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gugler, Josef (1997). "Wole Soyinka's Kongi's Harvest from Stage to Screen: Four Endings to Tyranny". Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. 31 (1): 32–49. doi:10.2307/485324. ISSN 0008-3968.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (18 April 1980). "Film: 'Black Goddess':Search for Ancestors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 November 2023.