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In “Ordinary People,” The Mirage Wears Off Fast

In Ordinary People, Mirage Estate is the upscale neighbourhood where the main characters live. Moses Inwang‘s eight-part Netflix thriller wants you to sit with the gap between what a place looks like and what it hides, but it almost immediately hands you a title card that breaks the illusion. That tension between an interesting idea […]

Anjola Akinmade

21 hours ago

“Ordinary People” : Moses Inwang Believes in Dumbing Things Down

Zap through Nigerian Netflix originals and a pattern quickly emerges. Characters describe what they are doing or feeling. They keep reminding you of what happened moments earlier. They spell out their goals and motivations, just in case you missed anything the first—or second—time around. Not leaving things to chance, these filmmakers, as frustratingly shown in […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 days ago

TIFF 2026: Kaelo Iyizoba’s Homage to Old Nollywood is Spectacular

Seven years ago, Kaelo Iyizoba revealed, in fragments, the kind of filmmaker he wants to be. In 2021, Iyizoba released Boy Meets Girl, an unusual title for the story it tells. The eight-minute short film follows an ordinary day in 15-year-old Musa (Gabriel Dung)’s life. After a pantomime with Girl (Aaliyah Atazamu), who he discovers […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 days ago

DOCUBOX & France in Kenya to Connect East African Short Filmmakers to Global Market

DOCUBOX‘s East African Documentary Film Fund (DOCUBOX EADFF), in partnership with France in Kenya, has announced the East African short film fiction development grant. The intent is to connect East African filmmakers to Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market, the world’s leading short film market. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, DOCUBOX EADFF is an independent, […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 days ago

Farewell Olu Jacobs: Nollywood’s Patriarch Takes His Final Bow

Long before “Nollywood goes global” became a marketing catchphrase, Jacobs had already done it, in reverse, and came home anyway.

Anjola Akinmade

3 days ago

Much Ado About Folagade Banks’ Mama Deola

Nigerian male skit makers have built an entire subgenre out of female alter egos, and it has earned a reputation, deserved in many cases, for being lazy. It is rarely observational or funny in a way that reveals anything true about the women it claims to depict. It is simply loud and obnoxious men wearing wigs and women’s clothes.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

5 days ago

Damilola Orimogunje Is Nationalist With His Films

In October 2020, Damilola Orimogunje’s feature-length directorial debut, For Maria Ebun Pataki, premiered at the Beyond Nollywood strand at Film Africa Festival. In 2022, it landed on Netflix and attracted critical and commercial acclaim. Orimogunje, who is no stranger to the international film festival circuits courtesy of his shorts, Losing My Religion, Mo, and others, […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 week ago