Protest and Propaganda explores the first years of what is today popularly known as Nollywood.The author argues that what is today known as the Nigeria Video Film or, more popularly, NOLLYWOOD, started essentially as Igbo Video Film. In this rather preliminary work, the author highlights and explains how protest and propaganda were used as instruments for the denunciation of social vices and promotion of cultural revival among the Igbo and by extension, Nigeria.