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.
2 months ago
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.
2 months ago
While Nollywood’s artistic ambitions have supposedly heightened, they often don’t translate onscreen.
1 month 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.
3 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.
6 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 […]
1 year ago
Growing up in the UK, British-Ugandan award-winning independent filmmaker, media broadcaster and fashion model Norman Busigu read and saw a lot of narratives, such as poverty, suffering and corruption, that undermined the value of Africa. Disturbed by what he felt was a deliberate western media underrepresentation of the strengths of the continent, he decided to […]
2 years ago
For decades, family bonding in Nigerian households has been deeply rooted in television time. After a long day, children would eagerly await permission to enter the living room, where the TV would become the center of attention. TV culture in Nigeria has evolved from a source of news and learning opportunities to a way to […]
2 years ago
Nollywood is known for its array of drama, comedy and romantic productions, which often include elements of the supernatural, thriller and adventure. It’s no wonder that the top three most successful films in the Nigerian box office are a mixture of drama and comedy. With the continued eclectic posture and push for global relevance of […]
2 years ago
Onyeka Onwenu is easily remembered for her music and activism. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s when she began singing commercially with her rich, innocuous vocals, exploring a melange of heartwarming themes across different genres—soul, disco, highlife, gospel, etc., she won the hearts of people at home and abroad, rose to the status of superstardom and […]
2 years ago
So far, this year, the Nigerian film industry has blessed us with a delicious diet of films and television shows across different genres and platforms—from domestic cinemas to subscription-based streaming outlets like Netflix, Prime Video and Showmax, and YouTube. Some of the productions we have seen in July are Bolanle Austen Peters’ period film House […]
2 years ago
After being instrumental to securing exclusive distribution rights in Anglophone West Africa for major Hollywood studios, including Sony Pictures and Walt Disney for Filmone, Ladun Awobokun has been appointed Chief Content Officer of the company. From her early days with the company until becoming General Manager, she has been extremely passionate about creating opportunities for […]
2 years ago
Without screenwriters, there will be no stories made into film. The growth of Nollywood over the years is largely due to improvements in storytelling and other technical aspects of production. From developing an idea to creating plausible scenarios and building characters, Nollywood screenwriters lay the foundation for our stories in film and television, positioning the […]
2 years ago
Nollywood, one of the cultural exports of Nigeria, perennially mirrors the country’s social, economic, religious and political realities. Amongst these representations is the portrayal and regurgitation of age-old beliefs, such as patriarchy and the practice of magic and witchcraft. These are particularly conspicuous in early Nollywood adventure, crime thriller and money ritual films, such as […]
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