Cameras roll again in Nollywood but Nigeria's cinemas still dark


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Film director Samuel Idiagbonya dispenses hand sanitisers to the cast on set, following the relaxation of lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Abuja, Nigeria May 20, 2020. Picture taken May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's film industry is creeping back to work after lockdown, and one of the first productions to resume is a new television series about a highly infectious disease that has ravaged the world.

Cameras stopped rolling weeks ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide, including 200 in the West African country.

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