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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

The Problem With Hollywood’s Africa 

Even high-profile music projects like Beyoncé’s Black Is King, despite its visual splendor, fall into the trap of cultural oversimplification. While the production aims to celebrate African heritage, it inadvertently reinforces a romanticized vision that flattens the continent’s complexities.

Shalom Tewobola

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6 months ago

The Problem With Hollywood’s Africa 

The Campaign For A Vibrant Short Film Market in Africa 

When Thomas Edison, assisted by William Dickson, invented a machine he named the kinetoscope in 19th-century America, he became the progenitor of the earliest known motion picture transmitter. The device allowed its viewer, one at a time, to see, for a rapid second, through a peephole, a strip of film bereft of audio. By 1895, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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6 months ago

The Campaign For A Vibrant Short Film Market in Africa 

“A Lagos Love Story”: Chinaza Onuzo’s Romcom Deserves Commendation

The Nigerian film industry has been rightly exposed to constant critical reviews and essays from critics and unfiltered criticism from the audience. Unmindful of these words and essays, the average mainstream Nollywood filmmaker is unfazed. Strangely confident, filmmakers make films, and begrudgingly, critics and audiences alike watch these films and TV series. With this committed […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

“A Lagos Love Story”: Chinaza Onuzo’s Romcom Deserves Commendation

How Has Africa Fared So Far At The Cannes Film Festival?

The history of African cinema at the Cannes Film Festival is a rollercoaster of trials and triumphs. Since the 1960s when several African countries gained independence, African cinema has acutely represented the complex, eclectic experiences of her people, meandering through traditional and modern allegiances. In 1973, Touki Bouki by Senegalese director Djibril Diop became the […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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7 months ago

How Has Africa Fared So Far At The Cannes Film Festival?

What Does A Cannes Selection Mean for Nigerian Film?

For the first time in its 80-year history, the Cannes Film Festival will feature a Nigerian film in official competition. This comes via My Father’s Shadow, selected for the Un Certain Regard section, an arena reserved for bold, original voices in global cinema. It’s a long-awaited moment for Africa’s most populous nation, now stepping onto […]

Shalom Tewobola

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7 months ago

What Does A Cannes Selection Mean for Nigerian Film?
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