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.
2 months ago
While Nollywood’s artistic ambitions have supposedly heightened, they often don’t translate onscreen.
1 month 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.
3 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.
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 […]
1 year ago
TF1+, France’s foremost ad-supported video on-demand streaming platform, has announced plans to embrace the African audiences, extending their services to the continent. This move comes as part of the company’s global expansion strategy that was initially announced last year. Launched on 8th January 2024 as a replacement for the services offered by MyTF1, TF1+ is […]
2 years ago
Netflix is gearing up for what could be its most ambitious year yet, with a dynamic slate of films, series, and games set to launch in 2025. At its annual showcase at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria, emphasized the platform’s commitment to groundbreaking entertainment. She said, “No […]
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Following its pilot episode released in November 2024, the Nigerian animation lab, Ekanem Stories, has released another episode of its animated series, E Dey Happen. Titled The Beju Prayer, the episode follows the titular character, Beju, as he navigates the dull intricacies of a job he dislikes while pursuing his true passion as a content […]
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The Nollywood landscape is a study in contrasts. One moment, we’re celebrating Funke Akindele’s record-breaking box office success; the next, the industry is embroiled in heated debates over the depth of romantic comedies. Yet, this tension speaks to Nollywood’s vitality, an industry in constant dialogue with itself, evolving through its challenges and triumphs. Amid this […]
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With her diverse cultural exports, Africa remains the place for stories that transcend time and boundaries. These stories, often told by the continent’s filmmakers, are distributed through film festivals and other screening events. One of these festivals is the Kitale Film Week, an annual week-long event that is hosted in the Western Kenyan town of […]
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What haven’t you heard of Diamond Platnumz? Since the third installment of Young, Famous & African premiered, his name has lingered ceaselessly on the lips of fans of the show. He’s been doted on and disparaged in equal measure. To his detractors, he’s a duplicitous, morally abhorrent, philandering character. His fans see him differently. To […]
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Where The Gravediggers painted a collective portrait, here they craft an intimate character study, one that shows how a single life can ripple through countless others. The documentary’s camera lingers with tenderness, capturing Mama Balo’s world in a way that feels less like observation and more like a confession between old friends. Nothing is hidden because nothing needs to be.
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The Last Ranger, a South African short film produced by Darwin Shaw and directed by Cindy Lee, has advanced to the final list for the 97th Academy Awards (the Oscars). The film, considered in the Oscars’ Best Live-Action Short Film category, will represent Africa at the big event scheduled for 2nd March, 2025 at the […]
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