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These are DVDs of Nollywood films distributed by Afromedia Productions in the Bronx.

I'd show pictures, but trying to post images from Google Photos hasn't been working.

Also, both of those UPCs have invalid check digits thus it appears that these are bootlegs.

I went to the place many years ago.  They were basically a hole-in-the wall DVD shop that went out of business when streaming became popular.

Quoting CinemOpera:

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I just posted the cover scans on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4889921234372645&id=113719908659492

It's no wonder they were rejected. They look like cheap knockoffs and bootlegs, DVDs to be avoided unless you cannot buy official releases.

From their FB page: "we carry only authentic African Movie Copies" (emphasis mine). Also love the mistakes in the movie description on the back cover.

Quoting CinemOpera:

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They were basically a hole-in-the wall DVD shop that went out of business when streaming became popular.

Btw, if I think about hole-in-wall shops, I have some other thoughts about it. 

Quoting Nosferatu:

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Maybe the answer to CinemOpera's issue with rejected contributions is to do a little research and, if the disc could be a bootleg and/or the distributor may not be legitimate, keep the profile local and don't contribute it.

Yep, indeed.
This already has been addressed several times, by several people, like this post.

Quoting CinemOpera:

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All I have to say is that Nollywood movies are usually made by amateurs who run successful electronics stores in Lagos.

Well, if I only speak for myself, I have quite a few movies, which were made by amateurs, but nevertheless are quite good. Some of them even were distributed with DVDR and these I did not submit to the Profiler DB, although of course added to my personal and local DB.

I am not familiar with Nollywood movies and chances are that there are some rather good ones at that.
But given the fact that the rules clearly state that homemade, counterfeit, and/or bootlegs are not allowed.
And in this case, some have completely false EAN/UPC numbers, which have been clarified by several other people, and yours truly.
And yes, sometimes it is quite hard to distinguish genuine from the fake, and sometimes particular companies even screw things up themself, like many of these Dollar Tree movies (DVD and Blu-ray), which sometimes all share the same UPC# for several movies.

On a personal note, I have seen your profile and the personal homepage you are referring to.
So, to me, you seem to be quite an intellectual and intelligent person, even with a Master's Degree in film and literature (correct me if I am wrong).
And now I have a better understanding of why you are searching for these quite obscure (for us western guys) movies from all around the world. And I only can applaud that kind of dedication to see and collect much of the lesser-known movies.

But again, while these could, in fact, be quite some nice, heck even great additions to our DB, if there is something wrong with them, whether it is an incorrect UPC/EAN or something else is quite off and not permitted within Invelos guidelines, then the only thing you can do is add them to your personal profile, but can't submit them online.

And I have read your other post regarding Amazon, well sometimes they screw up badly and I am not always that fond of them either. But I'd rather buy something from Amazon, with quite some insurance about the whereabouts of, for example, the way of payment and sending of the packages.
But sites like www.dvdplanetstore.pk are IMHO much shadier to do business with and I wouldn't even trust my personal address to them, let alone my debit and credit card information.

Anyway, to conclude this message. We are here to help each other to the best of our knowledge and while abiding by the contribution rules.
So please, if you have something on which some of us can help you, don't hesitate to ask.