Film And Tv

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

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Ella Chikezie’s “In Her Shoes” Is A Short Course on Autism and Struggles of the African Girl Child 

Storytelling in modern African cinema often requires digging deep into sensitive human conditions and lending voices to underrepresented groups. Doing so, the cinema becomes more of an instrument for conscientization and social campaign than entertainment. A few notable examples of this are Tunde Kelani’s Dazzling Mirage (Nigeria) which draws attention to sickle-cell anaemia; Reabetswe Rangaka’s […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Ella Chikezie’s “In Her Shoes” Is A Short Course on Autism and Struggles of the African Girl Child 

AFRIFF 2025: Joshua Neubert and Victor Muhagachi’s “Majini” Shoulders The Weight of Masculinity and Tradition

Majini, directed by German filmmaker Joshua Neubert and Tanzanian filmmaker Victor Muhagachi, tells the story of Fari, an aquaphobic boy whose ailing father sends him to sea with his older brother, Danford. As the boy confronts his fears and doubts, he is forced to embrace the reality of his unofficial initiation into adulthood and emerging […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Joshua Neubert and Victor Muhagachi’s “Majini” Shoulders The Weight of Masculinity and Tradition

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Chukwu Martin’s “Tell It No More” Resists The Imbalance In Traditional Marital Expectations 

Tell It No More, written by Temilolu Fosudo and directed by Chukwu Martin, wastes no time in declaring its intentions. From the opening scene, Darasimi (Martha Ehinome), on her wedding day, succumbs to her mother’s stream of advice on how to be a “proper” wife. The older Yoruba woman insists that patience and submission are […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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9 months ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Chukwu Martin’s “Tell It No More” Resists The Imbalance In Traditional Marital Expectations 

Nollywood Films Competing for Your Attention this December 

Another December rushes toward us with the predictable rhythms of Nigerian life: preparations for Detty December, security concerns that never quite resolve, fresh graduates strategizing to delay NYSC postings, Hollywood celebrities attempting pidgin with varying degrees of success. And in the film industry, one tradition holds steady: Funke Akindele and Toyin Abraham each release a […]

Shalom Tewobola

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9 months ago

Nollywood Films Competing for Your Attention this December 

Godisamang Khunou’s “Black Women and Sex” Frames How African Women Navigate Sex and Sexuality

The world is enthusiastic about defining and dictating women’s, African women especially, relationship with their sex life and sexuality. In Godisamang Khunou’s directorial documentary debut, Black Women and Sex, we get invited to witness the individual story of three African women and how they navigate their relationship with sex and sexuality.  The film’s plot travels […]

Seyi Lasisi

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9 months ago

Godisamang Khunou’s “Black Women and Sex” Frames How African Women Navigate Sex and Sexuality
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