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.
3 weeks 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.
2 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.
5 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 […]
1 year ago
Nemsia Studios has steadily built a reputation as one of Nigerian cinema’s most visually literate production houses. From the introspective Before 30 to the evocative Breath of Life, the atmospheric A Green Fever, and the moody The Fire and the Moth, the studio has cultivated an unmistakable aesthetic signature of meticulously composed frames, richly layered […]
6 months ago
Ghanaian filmmaker Nana Kofi Asihene is set to challenge perceptions of morality with his highly anticipated neo-noir and directorial feature debut, TWO . Currently in production, the film is about sixty percent complete, with post-production set to commence after January 30th. TWO is a neo-noir film that follows Marcus, a man who has retired and […]
6 months ago
On Tuesday January 6th, the Oscars acknowledged the eligibility of 317 feature films for consideration ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, a list that includes 201 titles that are put forward for the Best Picture category. The 201 films are said to have met the additional criteria beyond the general picks, which includes robust theatrical […]
6 months ago
Wizkid: Long Live Lagos is an immersive documentary that offers an intimate look into the life of 35-year-old Nigerian pop star Wizkid, while also situating his superstardom within a much larger political, social, and cultural framework. Rather than limiting itself to presenting a portrait of a star, the film makes a valiant attempt at explaining […]
6 months ago
Last year was exciting for African cinema, and Netflix played a huge role in making this possible, with her originals and acquired titles capturing the interests of audiences from different parts of the world. While the platform is reportedly said to have scaled down business in the African market in recent times, her continuous commitment […]
6 months ago
2025 proved to be a landmark year for Nigerian cinema. In our roundup of the best Nollywood films of last year, we explored what made those projects stand out and examined the industry’s impressive momentum. As we step into 2026, that momentum shows no signs of slowing. Alive Till Dawn arrives in January as Nigeria’s […]
6 months ago
From accidents and wars to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, abuse and abject poverty, the causes of orphanhood are many and complex. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 49.4 million children from age 0-17 are estimated to have lost either one or both parents due to different factors, with Uganda believed to have at least 1.9 million orphans, which […]
6 months ago
A modernized audiovisual co-production treaty between Canada and South Africa officially took effect on January 1, 2026, replacing a nearly three-decade-old agreement and opening new opportunities for filmmakers in both nations to collaborate on international projects. The treaty, signed by Telefilm Canada and the Government of the Republic of South Africa in Cape Town in […]
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