Richard Mofe-Damijo

Movies & TV Shanty Town: the Netflix crime series that cast Nollywood stars as Lagos underworld figures Shanty Town, a six-part Nigerian crime series released on Netflix in January 2023, follows women trapped in a Lagos underworld ruled by a feared kingpin. Starring Chidi Mokeme, Nse Ikpe-Etim and Richard Mofe-Damijo, it drew big audiences and strong debate. Movies & TV The Black Book: the Nollywood thriller that topped Netflix charts worldwide The Black Book, directed by Editi Effiong and starring Richard Mofe-Damijo as a grieving father hunting corrupt police, was released on Netflix in September 2023. It reached the global top ten of non-English films and became one of Nollywood's biggest streaming successes.