What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent
Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.
3 weeks ago
My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.
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Intentional storytelling are the purposeful creative choices that involve a smooth blend of narrative, aesthetic style and themes in a manner that enhances meaning and overall appeal.
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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 […]
11 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 […]
1 year ago
For nearly two decades, one character has endured Nollywood’s landscape. This unlikely icon, neither a polished heroine nor a role model, has maintained an iron grip on audiences’ attention across films and television series since 2008. Her persistence in Nigeria’s ever-shifting entertainment scene prompts us to ask: What fuels Jenifa’s longevity? To dismiss Jenifa’s impact […]
10 months ago
On September 13, the Naija Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (NAIFF) is set to host the continent’s first-ever artificial intelligence film festival at Lagos’s Alliance Française. It drew over 490 submissions from filmmakers across Africa, exploring the intersection of technology and storytelling. Founded in April 2025 by Obinna Okerekeocha, the NAIFF has quickly grown into a […]
10 months ago
Mutiganda Wa Nkunda is one of the few working Rwandan filmmakers. The filmmaker studied Agriculture at the University. But, in 2013, upon graduating, as a self-taught journalist, he started writing about cinema for a local press outfit. In this role, his interest in cinema, though etched from childhood, found expression. In his stint as a journalist, […]
10 months ago
FAME Week Africa is an annual event that brings together African creatives across film, television, animation, music, fashion and entertainment technology. Aimed at showcasing their inherent talent, stories and culture, the event recently concluded its latest edition in the host city of Cape Town, South Africa. For this year, the week-long event spanned the 1st […]
10 months ago
Every week, The Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rock stars. You get to learn about their fascinating backgrounds, the behind-the-scenes stories, and more. This episode features actor Saeed Mohammed, popularly known as Funky Mallam. Funky Mallam, born Saeed Mohammed, has steadily built a career that reflects range, […]
10 months ago
The Nigerian film landscape has produced a scanty number of culturally relevant comedic titles and roles. Think Aki and Pawpaw and its many sequels portrayed by Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, John Okafor’s role as Mr. Ibu, Osuofia played by Nkem Owoh in Osuofia in London, the eponymous Jenifa played by Funke Akindele, Boy Alinco […]
10 months ago
Two decades after it launched, MTV Base, a leading media organization specially targeted at African entertainment and youth culture, marks its 20th anniversary with another season of the powerful reality series Inside Life, under the theme “The Hustle Diaries”. The six-part season shines the light on some of the most celebrated African stars in a […]
10 months ago
William Benson, a dyed-in-the-wool thespian, did not need to audition for the role of Iyase in Osamede, an epic fantasy film executively produced by Lilian Olubi and directed by James Omokwe. He was at home when he received a call from Omokwe, with whom he had worked on Ajoche, to confirm his availability for the […]
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