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What Omoni Oboli’s Intellectual Property Concerns Reveals

On the night of March 11, 2025, Omoni Oboli‘s Love in Every Word was temporarily removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim by Chinonso Obiora (Skyberry). This wasn’t an isolated incident. On January 10, 2025, another Oboli production, A Different Type of Love, also disappeared from her YouTube channel due to copyright disputes. And […]

Shalom Tewobola

2 years ago

“Suky:” An Action Film That Loses to Its Unanswered Questions

The greatest flaw in Suky is its protagonist. For a film driven by vengeance, Suky himself remains frustratingly opaque. His motivations are underdeveloped, his emotional arc flat. We never fully understand what he was doing in the years before his imprisonment or how he truly planned to avenge his father. Even his connection with Simi (Bimbo Ademoye) is underwritten—does he actually care for her, or is she simply a plot device? The film never clarifies.

Shalom Tewobola

2 years ago

Sien Essien’s Short Film “Make I No Die For Ikotun” Is His Filmmaking Baptism

Sien Essien has always been a restless creative and storyteller with special interests in audio and visual forms. As a creative director, he has worked with Nigerian entertainers such as Olamide, Odumodublvck, CKay, Sabinus and Tariq. But now, he is broadening his focus, with the recent release of his short film Make I No Die […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 years ago

Celestina Aleobua’s Retrospective Screening and The Importance of Alternative Screening Spaces

The Women’s Film Club was started in 2014 by Wunika Mukan. When it started, Wunika was searching for a community and making like-minded friends. Though the name looks exclusionary, it wasn’t a women-only space as it attracted men too. However, its focus was on screening films by female filmmakers.

Seyi Lasisi

2 years ago

Kenyan Filmmaker Omar Hamza’s Romcom “Sayari” Showcases Tigoni’s Tea Fields, Set for Cinema Debut

Sayari, a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of Tigoni’s lush tea plantations, will premiere across cinemas on 11th April, 2025. The upcoming film tells the story of a struggling BnB manager in Tigoni—a suburb in Kiambu County, Kenya—whose modest existence is truncated when she is contracted by the father of a runaway groom to […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 years ago

Haile Gerima Returns with “Black Lions, Roman Wolves”—A Documentary on The Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

Legendary US-based Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima, the director of popular film Sankofa, returns with an epic documentary that captures Ethiopia’s struggles against fascist Italy in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1941). The 5-part, ten-hour-plus documentary, titled Black Lions, Roman Wolves: The Children of Adwa, borrows from several captivating historical clips and visuals from Ethiopia archived by […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 years ago

Nigeria’s Oscar Submissions Have a Visibility Problem

Anora, a Cinderella-esque tale with a tragic twist, emerged as the big winner at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025. Starring Mikey Madison as Ani, the film follows a young, beautiful stripper who unexpectedly marries the son of an oligarch. For a moment, she lives in luxury. Then, his parents reject the marriage, […]

Shalom Tewobola

2 years ago

BET UK Announces Brand New Original Series ‘Now You Know’ Hosted By Julie Adenuga

A brand-new four-part interview series, Now You Know, hosted by Julie Adenuga, is set to premiere on My5 and YouTube on Tuesday 1 April. Recognised as one of Britain’s leading interviewers, creative entrepreneurs, and an influential voice in music and culture, Julie sits down with an all-star lineup—including Maya Jama, KSI, Big Zuu, and Mahalia—for […]

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“Suky:” An Action Film That Loses to Its Unanswered Questions

Sien Essien’s Short Film “Make I No Die For Ikotun” Is His Filmmaking Baptism

Celestina Aleobua’s Retrospective Screening and The Importance of Alternative Screening Spaces

Kenyan Filmmaker Omar Hamza’s Romcom “Sayari” Showcases Tigoni’s Tea Fields, Set for Cinema Debut

Haile Gerima Returns with “Black Lions, Roman Wolves”—A Documentary on The Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

Nigeria’s Oscar Submissions Have a Visibility Problem

BET UK Announces Brand New Original Series ‘Now You Know’ Hosted By Julie Adenuga

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