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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent

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.

Naomi Ezenwa

2 months ago

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

While Nollywood’s artistic ambitions have supposedly heightened, they often don’t translate onscreen.

Seyi Lasisi

3 weeks ago

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

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.

Seyi Lasisi

3 months ago

Intentional Storytelling and Black Consciousness in Kunle Afolayan’s “The Figurine” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

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.

Adedamola Adedayo

6 months ago

Afolabi Olalekan’s “Freedom Way” Fails to Aspire Beyond Reiteration and Lamentation

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 […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

What Biodun Stephen’s “Teacher’s Boy” Teaches Us About the Boy Child

As the world celebrates the Boy Child this month, Biodun Stephen’s latest work, Teacher’s Boy, offers us a much-needed window into the lives of many male children and some of their struggles as they make their way through society. The Teacher’s Boy tells the story of Romade (Chima Bright Owuama), an emotionally guarded young man […]

Favour Bamijoko

2 months ago

How AMVCA Continues to Connect African Film Industries

The 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards did more than hand out trophies. The results, the new category structures, and the films that dominated the night all pointed to something larger, a platform that is actively reshaping how African film industries see each other, and how they compete on the global stage. […]

Amber Asuni

2 months ago

Akinola Davies Jr’s “My Father’s Shadow” Returns to Nigerian Cinema in June

The Cannes award-winning Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow returns to Nigerian cinemas after an unprecedented win at the 2026 African Magic Viewers Choice Awards(AMVCA). This re-release is motivated by public demand after its AMVCA sweep winning Best Movie, Best Director, Best Writing (Movie), Best Music/Score, and Best Sound Design. From 5th June, 2026, the […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

Akuol de Mabior Selected for Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund

South Sudanese filmmaker Akuol de Mabior has been announced as one of the recipients of Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund (DFF) at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. The DFF de Mabior and other recipients. de Mabior was born in Cuba and grew up in Kenya. No Simple Way Home, her 2022 documentary, explored the story […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

AMVCA: The Battle Between Popularity and Prestige

The prestige of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) undoubtedly needs no introduction. No other award platform on the continent has been more committed to celebrating and recognising the efforts and achievements of Africans within the African film and television industry. In the last few years, the cultural significance of the AMVCA has witnessed […]

Favour Bamijoko

2 months ago

Dammy Twitch’s “Call of My Life” Meditates on Love, Commitment, and Identity

From the introductory shots in Dammy Twitch‘s Call of My Life, a compendium of details announced itself like a familiar but distant friend. First, it tells you that this is going to be a well-shot and framed picture. The sonic landscape (from sound design to soundtrack) will inspire admiration. Importantly, the lead character, Soluchi (played […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

Nigerian Magazines We Want To See Get The “The Devil Wears Prada 2” Treatment

We have been thinking about the magazines that came before, shaped the Nigeria that raised this generation of editors, writers and readers, and that lived on centre tables in living rooms across the country.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

3 months ago

Olive Nwosu’s “Lady” Acquired by Cohen for U.S. Release, Without Nigerian Screening or Distribution

The U.S. distribution rights to Olive Nwosu’s Sundance-Winning Lady has been sold by HanWay Films and acquired by Cohen Media Group. Lady is the directorial debut feature-length project of the writer-director. The film screened at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in January and won the Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble, had its European premiere […]

Seyi Lasisi

3 months ago

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What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

Intentional Storytelling and Black Consciousness in Kunle Afolayan’s “The Figurine” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

Afolabi Olalekan’s “Freedom Way” Fails to Aspire Beyond Reiteration and Lamentation

What Biodun Stephen’s “Teacher’s Boy” Teaches Us About the Boy Child

How AMVCA Continues to Connect African Film Industries

Akinola Davies Jr’s “My Father’s Shadow” Returns to Nigerian Cinema in June

Akuol de Mabior Selected for Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund

AMVCA: The Battle Between Popularity and Prestige

Dammy Twitch’s “Call of My Life” Meditates on Love, Commitment, and Identity

Nigerian Magazines We Want To See Get The “The Devil Wears Prada 2” Treatment

Olive Nwosu’s “Lady” Acquired by Cohen for U.S. Release, Without Nigerian Screening or Distribution

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