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This is a list of Nigerian films released before 1970.
Colonial era
1920s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1926 | ||||||
| Palaver | Geoffrey Barkas | Adventure | Recognized as the first Nigerian feature film, for its use of non-professional local Nigerian as actors | |||
1930s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1935 | ||||||
| Sanders of the River | Zoltán Korda | Adventure, Drama | British film set in Colonial Nigeria | |||
| 1937 | ||||||
| The High Command | Thorold Dickinson | Drama | British film shot in Colonial Nigeria | |||
1940s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1945 | ||||||
| The Man from Morocco | Mutz Greenbaum | Action, Adventure | British film featuring Nigerian actor Orlando Martins | |||
| 1946 | ||||||
| Men of Two Worlds | Thorold Dickinson | Drama | British film featuring Nigerian actor Orlando Martins (uncredited) | |||
| 1947 | ||||||
| North and South of the Niger | John Page | Cocumentary | British black-and-white documentary | |||
| 1949 | ||||||
| Daybreak in Udi | Terry Bishop | Documentary | British black-and-white documentary Winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary in 1950 |
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1950s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1956 | ||||||
| Nigeria Greets Her Queen | Lionel Snazelle | Documentary | The first Nigerian documentary film to be shot in colour | |||
| 1957 | ||||||
| Fincho | Sam Zebba | Drama | The first Nigerian scripted film to be shot in colour | |||
| Freedom | Vernon Messenger | Drama | Nigerian drama shot in colour | |||
| 1958 | ||||||
| People like Maria | Harry Watt | Documentary | British black-and-white documentary | |||
Republical era
1960s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | Ref | ||
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| 1960 | ||||||
| Iju | Lionel Snazelle | Documentary | British black-and-white documentary | |||
| 1966 | ||||||
| Give Me a Riddle | David Schickele | Drama | American-Nigerian black-and-white co-production | |||
| 1969 | ||||||
| One Nigeria | Ola Balogun | Documentary | Nigerian black-and-white documentary | |||
See also
References
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