Since the late 1990's, Nigerian movies have found a place next to offerings from Hollywood and Bollywood, Bombay's equivalent, in the cities, towns and villages across English-speaking Africa. ![]() ''This is where it all happens, where all the stars are who make big money because they can sell movies. ''It's like a dream come true,'' said Nonso Diobi, 21, who had snatched one of the lead roles in ''Blackmailed'' only two months after leaving his home in southeastern Nigeria for Surulere, here in the country's commercial capital. As the sun rises over West Africa's new moviemaking capital, the Surulere district of Lagos, the cast and crew of ''Blackmailed'' form a four-car convoy to leave for their first day of shooting.
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