Cinema-going in Lagos

Three Locations, One Film, One Weekend

Bibliographic Data

ID2173196
AuthorsAñulika Agina (0000-0003-4921-7879, Pan-Atlantic University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume32
Issue2
Pages131-145
Publication date2020-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-6815 • E-ISSN: 1469-9346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13696815.2019.1615871
OpenAlexW2947496234
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited8

Nollywood audiences are under-researched. Understanding audiences’ sites of spectatorship has contributed to how and why Nollywood is consumed, and with what cultural implications for these audiences, and for producers, distributors and exhibitors. With the re-emergence of cinema theatres in Lagos, scholars are yet to articulate how the cinema-going audiences engage with Nollywood films in specific cine-plexes. This paper addresses the nature of a subset of Lagos-based audiences and ways in which they convene at cinema centres, experience a Nollywood film, The CEO (2016), and disperse from the spaces made possible by Lagos cinema operators. A commercially-vibrant city, Lagos is not only the birth place of Nollywood but also the location of a majority of the cinemas in Nigeria. The paper throws up insights on the demographic nature of Lagos cinema-going audiences and their meaning-making habits

Art · Media studies · Movie theater · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · History · South Asian Cinema and Culture

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