Here Is Everything We Know About “My Father’s Shadow”
My Father’s Shadow is a personal, semi-autobiographical exploration of the Davies brothers. It’s charged as an attempt to make sense of the absence that shaped their formative years.
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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent
My Father’s Shadow is a personal, semi-autobiographical exploration of the Davies brothers. It’s charged as an attempt to make sense of the absence that shaped their formative years.
6 months ago
Afolabi Olalekan’s Freedom Way written and produced by Blessing Uzzi, takes a lengthy and laborious 90 minutes to drive home a single point: our lives, as humans and Nigerians, especially, are connected. Uzzi’s script assembles a varied cast to make this point: the co-founders of Easy Go Ride, Themba (Jesse Suntele), Tayo (Ogaranya), and Edi […]
4 months ago
The Yoruba people have a saying: “Sátídé ti ọ dà, àti Jímọ́h láti mọ́.” Although there are different iterations of this saying, what they loosely translate to is that tomorrow’s greatness is foreshadowed in the details of today. This often-recycled axiom captures my thoughts after watching the trailer for Akay Mason’s Red Circle which has […]
5 months ago
If you’ve been even remotely active online, the words Achalugo and Odogwu have likely crossed your path, either directly or embedded in brands like Piggyvest’s marketing materials. Perhaps you’ve also encountered the lavish praise hailing Love in Every Word as one of 2025’s cinematic masterpieces, or declarations that Omoni Oboli has revolutionized NollyTube. If we […]
7 months ago
An announcement meant to celebrate African storytelling instead ignited debates about Hollywood’s disregard for Nollywood talent, accusations of cultural interloping, and the perceived insensitivity of Western production teams.
10 months ago
With a population of over 250,000 people, Kibera, informally called Kibra, is undoubtedly the largest slum in the city of Nairobi, Kenya, and arguably the largest urban slum in Africa. The settlement emerged in 1918 as an abode for Nubian soldiers in a forest on the outskirts of Nairobi. The forest was originally given to […]
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Nigerian-Australian filmmaker, Kalu Oji is a filmmaker whose work explores the themes of identity, family and community. Pasa Faho, his feature directorial work screened at African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) to warm reception. The film, featuring Okey Bakassi and Tyson Palmer as father and son, follows the relationship between Azubuike, an Igbo Nigerian father and […]
3 days ago
The 14th edition of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and 1st edition of the African Film and Content Market (AFCM) commenced on November 2nd and ended on the 8th November, 2025. Themed Rhythms of The Continent: The Afrobeats Film Movement, the festival opened with festivity and the screening of Oluseyi Asurf’s 3 Cold Dishes, […]
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In 2008, Segun Ogungbe’s Ibi Giga (loosely translated as high places) was produced. This film which would thrust Ogungbe into public attention was also written, directed, led and produced by him. The film tells the story of Opeyemi, a hardworking but destitute man. Opeyemi does menial jobs and exerts himself but his financial and social […]
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How much experimentation is too much for a creative mind? For Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser, the answer seems elusive, determined by how effectively ideas are orchestrated. Memory of Princess Mumbi, Hauser’s retro-futuristic film and a co-production between Kenya and Switzerland, embodies this fluidity and abstraction of boundaries in storytelling, bestriding the threshold of fiction and […]
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Chiderah Uzowulu embodies what happens when talent, creativity, and relentless determination collide. Though he built his foundation on the basketball court, film has always been his true passion, he was simply waiting for the right moment to step into the spotlight. After earning his engineering degree from the University of Texas, Uzowulu made a bold […]
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On a tranquil evening at the modest Lagos venue of this year’s The Annual Film Mischief (TAFM), the final screening of the day is Irin Ajo (The Journey), a short film by Myde Glover rooted in Yoruba spirituality and the belief in reincarnation. The story follows a man’s visit to his wife’s family, leading to […]
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The 14th Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF 2025) ended on Saturday, November 8th, 202,5 with AFRIFF Globe Awards, the prize-giving component of the festival held annually in Lagos in recognition of excellence in filmmaking from Africa and the Diaspora. A total 18 awards were presented at the festival across different categories. The show involved the […]
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