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

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

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 […]

Seyi Lasisi

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5 months ago

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

If you’ve been even remotely active online, the words Achalugo and Odogwu have likely crossed your path, either directly or embedded in brands like Piggyvest’s marketing materials. Perhaps you’ve also encountered the lavish praise hailing Love in Every Word as one of 2025’s cinematic masterpieces, or declarations that Omoni Oboli has revolutionized NollyTube. If we […]

Shalom Tewobola

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6 months ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

Chisom Ifeakandu’s “The Moral High Court” Tackles the  Near-Impossibility of Justice for Nigerian Women

Filmmaking, from a cultural and political perspective, is a filmmaker’s dull or blunt response to a question or concern. The question or concern might stem from the filmmaker’s personal reflection on social issues (think Old Nollywood’s didactic stories), from the compelling intention to address political and historical issues (think Tunde Kelani and Kunle Afolayan’s earliest […]

Seyi Lasisi

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5 months ago

Chisom Ifeakandu’s “The Moral High Court” Tackles the  Near-Impossibility of Justice for Nigerian Women

Iroko TV Dark on Debt Dispute, Future Plans

Three months after a Lagos Federal High Court froze bank accounts linked to Jason Njoku, founder of the entertainment platform Iroko TV, the company has provided no public updates to its users or customers regarding its operational status or the ongoing legal case. The freeze order, issued by Justice L.A. Okunnu in January 2024, stems […]

Alex Omenye

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5 months ago

Iroko TV Dark on Debt Dispute, Future Plans

Beyond Convention: The Anatomy of Gender Expression in Ajay Abalaka’s “Girl-Boy” 

Gender dynamics form a crucial part of conversations around identity construction in the contemporary world. It is even more a polemical subject in societies like Nigeria that cling stubbornly to traditional and patriarchal values. Attempts to represent queerness in mainstream Nigerian film and television are resisted and stifled, either directly or indirectly, with the National […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 months ago

Beyond Convention: The Anatomy of Gender Expression in Ajay Abalaka’s “Girl-Boy” 

Meet the Filmmaker Behind “Nolly Babes”: The Love Letter to Classic Nollywood

Nigerian-American filmmaker Anu Bamidele is the creative force behind Nolly Babes, a short film that blends nostalgia with social commentary. Drawing from the distinctive aesthetics and storytelling traditions that made Nollywood a cultural phenomenon, Nolly Babes reimagines the genre with a contemporary lens. The film follows a struggling actress and her two ambitious friends as […]

Shalom Tewobola

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5 months ago

Meet the Filmmaker Behind “Nolly Babes”: The Love Letter to Classic Nollywood

Inside Nova Frontier Film Festival’s New Era at Harlem Stage

For nearly a decade, The Nova Frontier Film Festival has been illuminating screens with voices often left in the shadows of mainstream cinema. Founded by visionary filmmakers Billy Frank from the West Indies and Lydia Darly from Guadeloupe, this cultural cornerstone was born from a recognition of the glaring absence of authentic storytelling from the […]

Shalom Tewobola

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5 months ago

Inside Nova Frontier Film Festival’s New Era at Harlem Stage

“Over The Bridge”: Tolu Ajayi’s Corporate Drama is Grounded in Unified Vision

Great stories aren’t the sole building block of great films. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Billy Wilder’s The Apartment, Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, Boon Joon Ho’s Parasite, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Ema Edosio-Deelen’s Kasala!, Damilola Orimogunje’s For Maria Ebun Pataki and a host of others aren’t great films because they tell great stories, what […]

Seyi Lasisi

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5 months ago

“Over The Bridge”: Tolu Ajayi’s Corporate Drama is Grounded in Unified Vision

The Sports Film Genre In New Nollywood 

Nollywood, as an industry deeply rooted in theatrical traditions, has flirted with different genres since its inception, with the most conspicuous being drama and comedy. A News Agency of Nigeria report identifies drama as the leading Nollywood genre of 2023 accounting for 45.5 percent of the top 44 films released in the Nigerian box office […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 months ago

The Sports Film Genre In New Nollywood 

Africa’s 2025 Cannes Outing, Wins & Misses

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in grand style on March 24 bestowing limited recognition to African cinema. The most notable acknowledgement went to Nigerian-British director Akinola Davies Jnr’s My Father’s Shadow which received an honorable mention in the Camera d’Or category, recognizing his achievement as a debut filmmaker. However, the Camera d’Or award […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 months ago

Africa’s 2025 Cannes Outing, Wins & Misses
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