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.
2 months ago
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.
5 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 […]
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
Despite its longevity and status as the world’s second-largest producer of films, the Nigerian film industry does not have a film market. For decades, Nigerian filmmakers seeking international distribution and partnerships have taken individual paths to achieving this: submitting scripts to regional and international labs, and networking with sales agents, distributors, content aggregators, producers and […]
10 months ago
Andre Ajayi and Dexter Onyekuru of Awfuly Good Productions unveil their new web series, Green Card. It is a sharp, comic look at the hustle behind the American Dream, starring Anthony Fagbeyiro, Sam Odetoyinbo, and OV Overo. Green Card, the daring new web series from executive producer and director Andre Ajayi, officially launched August 9th, […]
10 months ago
When, in 2021, Nigerian academic and documentary filmmaker Dr. Añulika Agina tried accessing the Nigerian Film Archive situated at the National Film, Video and Sound Archive (NFVSA) in Jos, her research interest was stifled by bureaucratic absurdities. Emails were left unacknowledged and when they were acknowledged, sloppy responses followed. The academic recounted this traumatic experience […]
10 months ago
The Accelerate Filmmaker Project and Access Bank funded films of 2024 had their first public screening at the 2024 edition of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF). This was followed by another ticketed screening, organized by Accelerate TV months after. Recently, the films made by first-time young filmmakers were uploaded to Accelerate TV’s YouTube channel […]
10 months ago
Reality television has always thrived on conflict, and in Nigeria no show has perfected that formula quite like Big Brother Naija. Introduced to the Nigerian audience in 2006, BBN has become one of the country’s most influential cultural exports, shaping slang, style, and Saturday night Twitter (X) battles. But somewhere along the way, the producers […]
10 months ago
The split screen opens with three shots of a bustling Lagos scene, briefly immersing us in the city’s chaos. A radio broadcast reports a shootout at the court premises, prompting spontaneous reactions from commuters. The camera cuts to Tosin (played by Toni Tones), accompanied by Leo (Gideon Okeke), a personal assistant from The Consortium, returning […]
10 months ago
Twin music sensations Oiza x Meyi are set to expand their creative footprint beyond music with their acting debut in Say Who Die, a daring new Nollywood dark comedy directed by Paul Utomi and produced by Lani Aisida. The film will premiere globally on Prime Video on August 29, 2025. Best known for their soul […]
10 months ago
The headlines read like a victory lap: 1 billion naira in 19 days. Everybody Loves Jenifa has just become the fastest Nollywood film to hit that milestone, and Funke Akindele has done it again. But even before its December 13, 2023, premiere, anticipation was feverish. The campaign began long before the official release date, crescendoing […]
10 months ago
