BG


I came here when I was 3-4 years old. the ONLY thing I remember about living in Haiti was my grandmother(RIP)

I swung through a family function and an older family friend had stacks of these films....


I kid you not, the moment I sat down to watch Baby Police...and they showed some of the settings...I had like a flashback or something. I felt VERY familiar with the setting....and from what I've been told..I was a little round headed trouble maker as a kid just like the character of the film......though not quite on that level.


At cookouts and such.....I meet people who knew me as a little kid and one of my nicknames was "Little General"........


I've known people from a bunch of different countries in Africa and never felt compelled to watch more than 5 minutes of any of these films...
the uneven audio and the themes are foreign to me......but I guess I can relate to mischievous kids.

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I think NJ Haitians are catching up to knowing about these Nollywood flicks, Brooklyn Haitians are more advanced and always have been.

The stores selling these flicks are popping up all over the place and I didn't think there were THAT many Nigerians in Jersey....so it must be other Africans and Caribbean folks buying them like hotcakes.


There's a small contingent of Haitian films but it's pretty amateurish.


...and the person who told you about the connection, I'd agree....

Haitians and Ghanians seem to have the strongest cultural connections but the stuff depicted in the Nollywood films.....outside of 2-3 things....you'd think it was Haiti i
Older Haitians and those who grew up there....LOVE these films...


*kicking myself for not seeing this trend 5 years ago and cashing in!!1