The Hausa films do face a lot of challenges from scholars, clerics and
parents with regard to their theme, plot, costume, language, characters
and characterizations. Whereas, some viewers argue that the films do not
portray the customs, norms and values of Hausa society they claim to
belong. While some of the producers and characters argue that there is
nothing wrong in the films, because to them, they are putting in their
best to educate, and entertain the society. As a result of the above
argument, this research entitled "Hausa Films of 2000-2017:An Analysis
of Their Forms And Features" attempts to study Hausa films with the view
of passing an academic judgment. The research thereforeselected ten
films from various perspectives and analysed them. Ethnography theory is
the theoretical framework for the analysis of the data. The methodology
used employsdescriptive method. Data for the research were gathered
from thequestionnairesadministered and oral interviewswere conducted
with the stakeholders and some scholars in the academia, alarge number
of questionnaires were administered, those retrieved were used for
analysing the data. The analysis of the data was based on the five basic
features in studying films, which are adopted from Haruna (2012). The
research was able to discover that some Hausa films lack originality in
the storyline(plot), because they are an imitation of European or Indian
cultures. Furthermore, some of the films portray other non-Hausa
cultures within the Nigerian society. The research also identified that,
what the producers are after is the monetary gains not the
representation of Hausa norms and values. It was also discovered that a
substantial percentage of the characters are non-Hausa natives and
therefore most of the foreign cultures infused into Hausa films might
have emanated from them. While a number of producers‟ only concern
themselves with the monetary proceeds realized from the films.