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00:00Unreported World is back with a new series and tonight we're from Nigeria where women are risking

00:05their reputations, careers and sometimes their families to succeed in one of the world's largest

00:10film industries. In the conservative north, actresses and directors face strict Sharia law

00:16and powerful censors who can end careers overnight. Anya Pop travels from Kano's tightly controlled

00:23Cannywood to the booming studios of Nollywood in the south to meet the women determined to tell

00:28their own stories and rewrite the script in a male-dominated industry.

00:34It's loud, love story driven and scandal ridden.

00:41Yet in northern Nigeria's film industry, Kaniwood, women work under extreme censorship.

00:47Why would she be using that film and trying to destroy the image of Hausa? No, no, no.

00:53Where getting it wrong can mean jail or industry exile.

00:57It's not all about, okay, how good your movie is, it's how well can you protect yourself too.

01:02So when they have everything to lose.

01:05In the process of me being an actress, I lose my family.

01:09What fuels these trailblazing women?

01:12But how would you give birth if you didn't open your legs?

01:15Thank you. Thank you.

01:18Risking it all to make their name in a man's world.

01:22Whoever you get to see in Kaniwood is rebellious.

01:44The ancient city of Kano, once a key stop on the Trans-Saharan trade route, is now a major hub

01:50for movies.

01:51Kaniwood is northern Nigeria's own answer to Hollywood and reaches over 80 million Hausa speakers across Africa.

02:00Here, all productions must follow a strict Islamic moral code and uphold Hausa values, where men hold the power.

02:08Yet some women are trying to rewrite the script.

02:16We've joined Mansoura Issa, one of Kaniwood's first female directors, on her set, Capacity, a female-focused series.

02:27Action!

02:28Action!

02:29What? What? What? What? What's up? What? What am I doing?

02:35You are shooting on your side.

02:41Cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts, police,

02:45Yenzu, you are shooting on your side.

02:55With over 20 years in Caniwood, Mansoura is one of just a handful of female directors

03:00registered here.

03:11She's mindful of strict censorship rules where showing immoral themes like adultery, prostitution

03:16or criminality, can lead to filming bans or even prison.

03:21The cast is almost exclusively female.

03:24It's actually about women empowering women and in a society where men call the shots could

03:31be perceived as an act of rebellion.

03:35During a wardrobe change, Mansoura explains how her films try to counter male narratives.

03:39It's time for us to start sitting back and allowing them to mold us the way they want.

03:47And I hope with this series capacity, a lot of women will come out and discuss the issue

03:53that they are going through.

03:54But we have to be mindful of our dialogues.

03:57Because even the dialogue censorship board can censor it at any time.

04:01If we are to talk about, OK, we want equality, we want equal share with men, it's going to

04:08be very difficult for it to pass.

04:10Yes.

04:11Action!

04:13Capacity!

04:14Existence!

04:16Existence!

04:17Existence!

04:18Existence!

04:20Existence!

04:21Existence!

04:22Existence!

04:23Terrorism and a volatile political and religious backdrop has blighted northern Nigeria for the

04:29last few decades.

04:30Religious leaders argues that sanitizing house of popular culture helps maintain the peace.

04:42We're standing outside this huge 3,000 seat cinema in Kanu

04:46but like all big cinemas across northern Nigeria

04:49it's long been shut

04:51people stopped coming

04:52a mixture of fear of Boko Haram

04:54but also because of the introduction of Sharia law

04:57which dissuades people, strangers especially

05:00from sitting together in the dark

05:02which means it now sits as this empty relic

05:04of all that's been lost here

05:08The proclamation of Sharia law in Kanu in 2000

05:11came with deadly violence

05:13and a drive to cleanse house a culture of western influences

05:19Mansoura takes us to an old VHS rental store

05:22So in Malagato you can find all our old movies

05:26Cannywood was accused of spreading immorality

05:29and with the formation of the censorship board in 2001

05:32filmmakers had to align with pure Islamic values

05:35This shop is like a museum of house a movie

05:39and that's why it's very close to our hearts

05:42I've featured in more than 300 movies

05:45Wow

05:45This is me

05:47and this is me

05:50Nudity, foul language, intimacy

05:52and even touching the opposite sex

05:55were all banned

05:56You can see there is a lot of films that before

05:59there is no even scarf

06:00Yeah this seems quite not the sort of outfit that

06:04if you submitted a film now

06:05if you were sort of

06:06Never

06:07Showing like that

06:08Never

06:09Never

06:10They won't accept it

06:11I have to go back and remove that scene

06:13Would they refer to this as nudity?

06:16Yes

06:20During the early upheaval

06:22morality police raids and vigilante crowds

06:25targeted Cannywood creators

06:27burning DVD shops

06:28and hunting down actors

06:30This is the really controversial

06:31Controversial movie

06:33It was so controversial

06:35I was sent packing from Kano

06:38because of that movie

06:39Why?

06:41Because in that movie

06:42there is this girl

06:43she got pregnant

06:44out of wedlock

06:46They are looking for my house

06:48to burn my house

06:49and this thing happens

06:50not only me

06:52it has happened to a lot of people

06:54The same religious scrutiny

06:56continues today

06:57restricting the kind of stories

06:59filmmakers can tell

07:00We are limited to

07:02love story and that's it

07:04I love him

07:05he love me

07:06Daddy I want to marry him

07:07and that's it

07:08they will allow you to release that movie

07:09and this is giving me headache

07:14Strict moral codes

07:15also mean that women

07:17who choose to act

07:17can pay a high price

07:19The winner is

07:21Amina Shehu

07:24Amina Shehu

07:28Amina Shehu is one of Cannywood's rising stars

07:31and just won a Best Actress award

07:33Actress of Dear

07:35Amazing

07:36Just 20, 25

07:38Wow

07:39How did that feel when you win that?

07:42I cried

07:43I cried

07:45this is one of the day I've been waiting for

07:47I never thought I would get one

07:50In the typical Cannywood family drama

07:52Amina plays a 16 year old

07:54married to a man 30 years her senior

07:59But because of the way he used to treat her

08:02she had an heart attack and died

08:05Wow, that's making a bit of a time

08:07What's it like being a woman in northern Nigeria?

08:11As a female and a Muslim

08:14you should just get married

08:18be in the kitchen

08:19have kids

08:20just be your husband

08:23you don't have your auntie

08:25Has your family always been supportive of you

08:28acting in Cannywood?

08:30I come from a very, very strict family

08:32They think me being an actress

08:35will spoil my family's name

08:37and their reputation

08:38like I shouldn't be acting

08:41Acting is prohibited

08:43I just want to be successful

08:45and I just want to stand on my own

08:50But refusing marriage

08:52and pursuing her independence

08:54has come at a cost

08:55Okay

08:58What's making you upset?

09:00Is it about your family?

09:05Difficult

09:06Sorry

09:12So in the process of me being an actress

09:15I lose my family

09:17which is very, very bad

09:27In Kano State

09:28most women are still expected

09:30to seek their husband's permission

09:31to work or leave the home

09:33ending many actresses careers

09:39Mansoura is recently divorced

09:41and financially independent

09:42It means despite an industry

09:45with little money

09:46she's able to self-fund the stories

09:48that are important to her

09:49Hello

09:50Hi

09:51Welcome

09:54Today she's finalising

09:56her latest film

09:57Joda

09:57which she directed and stars in

09:59I think I'm going to get to

10:01Sura Kata

10:02Thank you

10:03Thank you

10:04Thank you

10:05Thank you

10:07Thank you

10:09Thank you

10:10Thank you

10:11It still has to pass the eyes

10:12of the censors

10:13with one crucial scene

10:14worrying her

10:15So this is the scene

10:16I'm talking about

10:18So I'm scared

10:18they'll ask me to remove this

10:20What is it about it

10:21that's

10:22So it's about a woman

10:23giving birth

10:24I'm sure they'll say

10:25that I should remove this

10:26Even though you're wearing trousers

10:28or you're scared?

10:28Yes

10:28Even when I'm wearing skirts

10:30I have wrapper

10:31I have everything

10:32There's no

10:33All my body is covered

10:40No, he was asking me

10:43Is it true?

10:44That's how giving birth is

10:47Joda is based on a true story

10:49about Mansoura's friend

10:50who unknowingly contracted HIV

10:52from her husband

10:53and passed it on

10:55to her baby at birth

10:56So for you

10:57it's not just entertainment

10:58it's educational

10:59It's educational

11:02Mansoura will face a censorship board

11:04later this week

11:05who have recently

11:06expanded their powers

11:16dramatically

11:16Caniwood actress

11:17Samha Inua

11:18was banned last year

11:19for one of her posts

11:20on social media

11:23Are you able to talk through

11:24exactly what they

11:25accused you of doing

11:26and how you kind of

11:27found out that you were

11:28going to be banned

11:28for a year?

11:42The censorship board

11:43banned her

11:44for what they describe

11:45as crude dressing

11:46and vulgar displays

12:01And how does that

12:02make you fail

12:02or you just resign?

12:16For some women

12:17succeeding in Caniwood

12:18takes humour

12:19and resilience

12:20but it's making it

12:21big outside

12:22that unlocks

12:23true fame

12:23and ambition

12:27Superstar Marion Booth

12:28has crossed

12:29from Caniwood

12:29to Nollywood

12:30Nigeria's mega film industry

12:32in the south

12:33starring in the

12:34Oscar shortlisted

12:35Milkmaid

12:37I don't follow rules

12:39Troublemaker

12:40I'm not a troublemaker

12:42Whoever you get to see

12:44in Caniwood

12:44is rebellious

12:46Because

12:47you have to be rebellious

12:49to be a northern actress

12:50in the first place

12:52That defines everything

12:57The ladies face

12:58lots of trauma

13:00They go through so much

13:02Trust me

13:03Everyone is

13:06fighting a battle

13:07mentally

13:08They'll be like

13:09stop acting

13:11or get married

13:13Mariam is in high demand

13:15Today she's doing

13:16a lucrative brand promotion

13:17She wants to inspire

13:19other women and girls

13:20to dream big

13:22I just want to show

13:24these young girls

13:25how capable they are

13:26to reach their goals

13:27So someone needs

13:28to make a change

13:29and I feel like

13:30that change

13:30became too

13:31for me

13:33Some have no choice

13:34but to drive change

13:35from within

13:36Today it's D-Day

13:38for Mansour's film

13:39Joda

13:39So I'm scared

13:41that they'll ask me

13:42to remove that part

13:43and which is the soul

13:44of the movie

13:45It's not all about

13:46okay

13:46how good your movie is

13:48it's how well

13:49can you protect yourself

13:56these censors

13:57vet all cannywood productions

14:03and that they buy

14:04from the day

14:04magana account society

14:06the up in the day

14:07keep our

14:08was a man

14:08come on a film

14:10I think it's you

14:12see my

14:12I'm a

14:13I

14:14I

14:15I

14:16I

14:17I

14:18I

14:19I

14:20I

14:21I

14:21What would she say?

14:24What would she say?

14:25You would have to say,

14:27how would she say that?

14:29I said no.

15:02so what is not allowed the way i open my legs that's what they don't want but how would you

15:07give birth if you didn't open your legs thank you thank you the men can think otherwise so we have

15:16to protect the men not to think otherwise in the movie do you think women viewers would be

15:25offended by it or is it mainly it allowed for me hiding i'm not happy about it the men they

15:39can fight

15:39it we women cannot fight it because we have to protect ourselves at the same time it's not easy

15:46that's not easy to get my wallet in a job in nothing about this day my name mama

15:51it's okay

15:53it's okay

15:57it's okay

16:05it's okay

16:30Male-dominated cannywood dictates Hausa women's public image, defining their dress

16:35behavior, and self-expression. We've been invited to speak with the head of the censorship

16:41board, Abba El-Mustafa, a prolific cannywood producer and actor.

16:46Do you feel like your role is to protect Hausa culture?

16:51This agency is protecting the image of our religion and our, you know, tradition, custom

16:58of Hausa. Who is there in charge is their brother, their son, and their father. Anything

17:05that is very, very sensitive, don't portray it in a movie. Anything that can brings about

17:10topic of discussion negatively in the society, please keep it aside. Don't go beyond the boundary.

17:17Don't go beyond the ethics of Islam. Don't go beyond the teachings of custom tradition and

17:24values.

17:24Do you feel like in the industry, men are held to the same standard as women?

17:29All those things that we are trying to restrict happens, happens with women. There you can

17:38see we don't have much problem with men. All we are doing is let us see what does Islam say

17:43about at least women.

17:45Can you explain to us why Samha was suspended for a year?

17:49There is that regulation that, um, don't misuse your social media account. So why will she

17:58be using that film and trying to destroy the image of Hausa? No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

18:03Were you making an example of her? Oh, yeah. And, um, unless I have achieved. And I told you

18:08the reason, we, we, we, we, we, we just use her as, as a scapegoat.

18:16Canny Wood Films make up an estimated 30% of Nigeria's movie production. It's dwarfed by

18:23Nollywood in the largely Christian South, where women are powering the industry.

18:28Please come in. You're welcome to my home.

18:30Beautiful.

18:31Thank you. Mo Abudu is Nigeria's most eminent female media mogul and operates free of any

18:38moral censorship. I'm changing from my slippers into my shoes.

18:43She built Ebony Life, a media empire with its own cinema chain that's produced over 5,000

18:49hours of content. Ebony Life cinemas went from being number 40 on the list of cinemas in Nigeria

18:57to today being literally number one. Honestly, I, I mean, I'm just, I'm in awe.

19:05In the Ebony Life multiplexes, they produce award-winning shows for Netflix, Sony and cinema.

19:12The wedding party, um, it was the biggest box office success for many, many years in Nigeria.

19:19The Sons of the Caliphate is an authentic story set in northern Nigeria.

19:23It was one of the first Hauser series to ever make it onto Netflix.

19:27Very authentic, amazing cast, beautifully shot, costuming, locations.

19:32How would the way that you make a northern film differ from perhaps how they would make films?

19:36Well, I make it have broader appeal so that a wider audience can consume it and understand

19:44it just gives it that, you know, that reach, that broadness that it, that it, that it deserves.

19:53We've been invited to join a networking lunch with some of the top female actresses, producers and creatives in Nollywood.

20:00Are women setting the bar in South Nigeria? In terms of the film industry?

20:06In the South West, 100%.

20:07Or in, in Nollywood?

20:09Yes.

20:09But how is it that right now, if you look at the ten highest grossing films in Nollywood, at least

20:16the first seven, women.

20:17That, I deserve a round of applause, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

20:20Rockies! Rockies! Rockies!

20:24Everybody work, everybody on this table is here because they're also at the top of their game.

20:30Is the reason that women are so successful in this industry because you're all pushing each other up?

20:37Collaboration. Yes, it's important. It's important.

20:40I don't think everybody supports everybody. Everybody here supports each other.

20:44With collaboration, you can go ten times further and ten times faster than if you do it alone.

20:50Despite the difference in religion and culture, women here still feel they have to work much harder to achieve success.

20:57We've spent a lot of time in the North where women there say that, you know, men don't take them

21:01seriously and they've really got to fight for any opportunity.

21:04It's the same in the South. Men, Nigerian men are Nigerian men.

21:08It's the same.

21:09Wherever they are in Nigeria, they are the same.

21:12It's the same. It's the same.

21:12Right? At the end of the day, men are resentful of successful women.

21:18BAM!

21:18100%.

21:19They are resentful.

21:21I guess maybe the difference there to here is they still very much hold the key to power, whereas...

21:25Well, nobody gives you the key. You have to take it.

21:28Nobody gives you the key. You have to take it.

21:29They can't pass this.

21:30Women filmmakers across Nigeria are pushing boundaries to excel.

21:34And despite facing different barriers to success, their aim is to set a new bar for women.

21:41We're back with Mansoura in Cano.

21:43We've seen how difficult things are in Cannywood. Getting films passed, getting funding.

21:49Why do you carry on?

21:52Passion, love. Because you believe one day things might get better.

21:58A lot of artists that are from, like, Cannywood, the future in some of the Nollywood, Bollywood,

22:04Hollywood, you understand? Those would be the greatest achievements for them.

22:08And at the minute, does it feel like that's close or...?

22:14Not close at all.

22:17And why is it important for you to keep doing films that push the boundaries on what's usually

22:24covered in Cannywood when it comes at such a personal cost to you?

22:28So I try to push women. I try to show women that they are strong and they can be even

22:33more than what they think they are.

22:39Mansoura's drive to encourage other women comes from her own struggles.

22:43After my divorce, I went to hell.

22:48I was having suicidal depression and it wasn't easy for me to be able to overcome it.

22:56I cannot allow other people to tell me what to do or how to live my life.

23:02But for Mansoura, staying strong and inspiring other women to be self-empowered is only half the job.

23:09I'm the mother of boys. I have, like, a total, let's say, 15, 16.

23:16As well as her own children, Mansoura has informally adopted 11 boys.

23:21She's hopeful about the next generation.

23:24Are you teaching these boys to be good men?

23:27Yeah, I'm doing that and they are learning from me too.

23:29So they are all good men.

23:31I want their happiness and at the same time I want my happiness too.

23:35They're all good boys.

23:38They are loving him too.

23:40I want their loneliness and asked all of us to take care of their catastrophes of theispering that is worshikan.

24:02They are family members and I want their Lanka.

24:04They might be française and I want theirurtful.

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