Create a Zine About What Nollywood Gets Wrong About Young Nigerians

Nollywood is the second largest film industry in the world by volume and it has enormous influence on how Nigerians, and the world, imagine Nigerian life. It also has persistent blind spots. Young Nigerians in Nollywood are often props in their parents' stories, comic relief, or cautionary tales. Their actual lives, the hustle economy, the creative work, the contradictions of being educated and broke, the way Gen Z Nigerians navigate faith and ambition and social media, rarely make it to screen. This brief is not about bashing Nollywood. It is about taking the industry seriously enough to hold it to account. Watch at least five recent Nollywood productions featuring young protagonists. Document specific patterns: how are characters aged 18 to 30 dressed, what do they want, what obstacles do they face, how do they speak, what does their physical environment look like. Then interview or survey at least five real young Nigerians in the same age range about how accurately they feel seen by those films. Produce a zine of eight to twelve pages that presents your findings. It should combine your own writing, visual evidence from the films (screenshots, sketches, or collage), and voices from your interviews. The zine should have a point of view, not just a list of observations. Good work will be specific, cite actual titles and scenes, and offer a constructive argument about what better representation could look like.