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.
5 days 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.
1 month 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.
4 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 […]
12 months ago
Zoey Martinson’s Fisherman will be having a theatrical release in Kenya, Zambia, and Nigeria. The Nigerian theatrical release will be handled by FilmOne Entertainment, and the Kenya and Zambia releases by Century Pictures in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Lusaka. The Fisherman follows Atta Oko, a retired Ghanaian fisherman who teams up with a talking fish and […]
3 months ago
This recent partnership with NOW! aims to attract more distribution networks and international interest in Nigerian titles.
3 months ago
Four African screenwriters will pitch their Original TV series to international producers, financiers, and distributors on 24th March, 2026, at the 17th Series Mania Forum in Lille, France. The Series Mania Forum is a three-day event dedicated to television series. The forum gathers over 5,000 global TV professionals, featuring conferences, pitching sessions, and networking opportunities. […]
3 months ago
My introduction to Nigerian filmmaker, director, producer, and writer, Ifeoma Chukwuogo was with Bariga Sugar which she made a decade ago. The short film, which is set in a brothel, was made a decade ago and has been described as one of the best Nigerian short films of all time. In 2024, Chukwuogo’s directorial feature […]
3 months ago
After three seasons of betrayal, manipulation, and bloodshed, Wura is returning for a fourth season on Africa Magic. The critically acclaimed telenovela will debut its explosive fourth season exclusively on Africa Magic Showcase (DStv Channel 151, GOtv Channel 8) and Africa Magic Family (DStv Channel 154, GOtv Channel 7) on March 30th, giving audiences across […]
3 months ago
Nigerian filmmaker, Damilola Orimogunje’s Dear Ajayi, Moroccan filmmaker, Asmae El Moudir’s Don’t Let the Sun Go Up On Me, and Ethiopian filmmaker Beza Hailu Lemma‘s The Last Tears of the Deceased have been selected as part of the recipients of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF). The HBF is the international co-financing arm of the International […]
3 months ago
What these cases show us is that when a film like Aba Blues chooses a title that claims a city’s identity, it enters into an unwritten social contract with the local community.
3 months ago
Nigerian culture writer and filmmaker, Praise Okeoghene Vandeh, and Nigerian filmmaker Adebayo Oduwole, inspired by a double feature shown at two different cinemas, Ebonylife and Filmhouse Lekki in 2025, joked about saving cinema. A few months later, when Oduwole walked into Magnificent Cinemas, a community-focused, budget-friendly cinema in the Onipanu/Somolu area, he saw a chance […]
3 months ago
