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
On October 5, 2025, filmmakers and cinema enthusiasts gathered at Alliance Française, Mike Adenuga Centre in Ikoyi for The Exclusive Screening, an intimate showcase dedicated to celebrating short films on the big screen. The event unfolded across two sessions: an afternoon showing at 3:00 p.m. and an evening presentation at 6:00 p.m. Among the audience […]
9 months ago
Minutes into our conversation with Donald Tombia, it was clear: he’s a process-obsessed filmmaker. With nearly a decade in the industry, Tombia has written and served as Head Writer for some of Nollywood’s television series and films including Slum King, Shanty Town, Masquerades of Aniedo, Introducing the Kujus and others. These films and TV shows […]
9 months ago
Saifeddine Lahmar’s No Harrisa tells the story of Taher, a Tunisian man who, due to his uncommon intolerance to harissa in a society that cherishes it, faces humiliation and ostracism. His girlfriend breaks up with him, leading him to question his place and identity in the society. But when he encounters a special community of […]
9 months ago
When you think of action in its purest sense, it often comes down to choice, doing what is right, wrong, or somewhere in between, and dealing with the ripple effects that follow. Every action births a consequence, whether it affects one person or an entire society. A corrupt politician who steals from public coffers destabilizes […]
9 months ago
In 2015, Olamide Àdìó and Victor Daniel met, virtually, on Wallflowers, a Facebook writers’ group for young creatives with literary aspirations. Then, they were both trying to be serious writers and were educating themselves privately by reading and writing. As Àdìó recalled, at the time, their relationship was peripheral and one of mutual respect at […]
9 months ago
I’ve searched for a hundred ways to begin this review, yet none seem adequate to capture the artistry of My Father’s Shadow. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, to start where the film does—at the very beginning, with the simple intimacy of a child’s perspective. The opening sequence envelops us through a series of intimate close-ups accompanied […]
9 months ago
The Nigerian film industry, Nollywood and its filmmakers’ films are repositories of social, cultural, political and economic instability that has firmly hugged the country
9 months ago
After more than a decade away from the director’s chair, pioneering Kenyan filmmaker Judy Kibinge makes her long-awaited return with Goat, a taut 27-minute supernatural thriller that explores the inescapable nature of karmic debt. Her last directorial effort, Something Necessary (2013), earned its place in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film […]
9 months ago
