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.
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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 […]
12 months ago
Kenyan filmmakers will now have access to affordable medical insurance under the new deal between the Female Filmmakers in Kenya Association (FEFKA) and Britam Insurance. In October 2025, FEFKA signed an agreement with Britam Insurance, to provide affordable medical insurance to female filmmakers in Kenya. This MOU was recently actualized in January 2026. In a […]
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In a 2021 The Film Verdict review of Kunle Afolayan’s Swallow, Nigerian film critic Oris Aigbokhaevbolo captured the national acceptance of the director as the Nigerian film industry’s mascot of artistic excellence. Ola Balogun, Tade Ogidan, Tunde Kelani and others were synonymous with artistic excellence. But, in the early 2010s, Afolayan introduced himself as another […]
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Gëstu International Documentary Film Festival is a newly launched international film festival devoted to showcasing documentary films in Dakar, Senegal. Derived from Wolof, Gëstu—means “to research” or “to deepen”—the festival emerges from Dakar’s thriving creative underground. The first edition of the festival which is scheduled to hold from 12–14 February 2026 at the Maison des […]
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An Enugu Homecoming, a docu-reality film produced by Idunoba Entertainment in partnership with Voice Of The East, captures the beating heart of Enugu through the eyes of its most dynamic residents: the young creatives, tech pioneers, and innovators shaping its future. Supported by Risevest, Assetbase, Hisa, and Landmark Nike Lake Resort, the project spotlights a […]
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On Friday, 30th January, at Terra Kulture, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) entered into a mandate partnership with Bolanle Austen-Peters’ Terra Kulture to support the expansion of creative infrastructure and skills development in the country. This partnership recognises the plumping Nigerian creative economy as an imperative sector for job creation, youth empowerment and economic diversification. […]
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On February 27, 2026, Nigerian documentary filmmaker Kachi Benson will release his latest film, Mothers of Chibok, in cinemas across the country, an uncommon move within Nollywood, where theatrical releases are typically dominated by fiction and comedy-driven titles. Benson, Nigeria’s first Emmy Award winner, is bringing a feature-length documentary to the big screen at a […]
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One of what Olive Nwosu’s Lady gets right is this: Nigeria is overripe for a revolution. In Nwosu’s directorial feature debut, the eponymous character (played by Jessica Gabriel’s Ujah) carries a quiet, heavy burden that mirrors the national mood. This mixture of resilience and silence will, through the course of the film, be stretched thin. […]
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Everywhere in the world, the horror film genre aims to affect the psychology of its audience, using various elements to induce shock or apprehension. While it has several forms, it often incorporates a central villain, monster or malevolent force that poses a challenge throughout. The genre has a universal appeal, domesticated to shoulder the peculiar […]
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